Darren Croft
@DarrenPCroft
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Professor of Behavioural Ecology @UniofExeter. Interested in the Ecology and Evolution of Social Behaviour and Life History Evolution #DyslexicAcademic
Exeter, England
Joined September 2013
Very excited to share this TedEd animation on our research with @CWROrcas. A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to this project and to @CetaceanMike who worked on the TedEd video @UofE_Research @ExeterMarine Grandmothers are amazing! https://t.co/3apmLJscsl
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Pods of killer whales inhabit the waters of every major ocean on Earth. Each family is able to survive thanks mainly to one member, its most knowledgeable hunter: the grandmother. These matriarchs...
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Souvenirs of a wonderful time are the only thing students spend money on during the #LundyIsland field course, which is a fully-funded ecologically sustainable week of practising field skills in a stunning location. #MSc @CrabExeter #AnimalBehaviour
Off to #LundyIsland on the field course tomorrow! Excited to guide the MSc students as they explore this beautiful place and study puffins and fulmars. The weather even looks lovely! Here's an old video to give you an idea. https://t.co/ouU5GeQUTZ
@LandmarkTrust @nationaltrust
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Off to #LundyIsland on the field course tomorrow! Excited to guide the MSc students as they explore this beautiful place and study puffins and fulmars. The weather even looks lovely! Here's an old video to give you an idea. https://t.co/ouU5GeQUTZ
@LandmarkTrust @nationaltrust
Applications are open to the best #MSc training for a career in #AnimalBehaviour! Highly suitable for anyone with a BSc in Biology or Psychology, but we are skilled at converting people with social, veterinary and agricultural BSc's to a exciting career. https://t.co/VHn3kPeTkc
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Exciting opportunities to join us at the university of Exeter as an MSc student
Applications are open to the best #MSc training for a career in #AnimalBehaviour! Highly suitable for anyone with a BSc in Biology or Psychology, but we are skilled at converting people with social, veterinary and agricultural BSc's to a exciting career. https://t.co/VHn3kPeTkc
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Pls RT: Interested in doing a PhD on the behaviour of #bees, foxes or other animals at @CrabExeter? Check out SWBio https://t.co/XdYFyvdy5n(closes 11.12.) & NERC GW4+ https://t.co/vfwLeVWCs3 (13.01. @SeanRands @BethBees) @DardenSafi @DarrenPCroft @pec_exeter @Samellisq @ljnbrent
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Migratory hoverflies fly further – but not faster – than their non-migratory relatives according to research from @UniExeCEC. https://t.co/OaWNqMfGXA
@UniofExeterESI @WillLeoHawkes
news.exeter.ac.uk
Migratory hoverflies fly further – but not faster – than their non-migratory relatives, new research shows. Scientists caught migrating marmalade hoverflies in the Pyrenees, and non-migrating members...
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* NEW #PhD * #Evolution #Ecology of Immune #Senesence in Wild Badgers with me, @B_Tschirren and our brilliant collaborators @ APHA, at @UniExeCEC in Cornwall. 50 year data sets+immune analyses. PLEASE SHARE! See https://t.co/XKw2Y26bwh and apply here: https://t.co/LKf7J0DeXB
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New PhD opportunity: harnessing real-world network experiments to aid prediction of how natural social systems will respond to change & perturbations, using 🐦 @WythamTits
https://t.co/kwWseIWeT6 feel free to get in touch for more info. Please share!
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Exciting new PhD opportunity available with us on #killerwhale #orca #behaviour and #conservation, co-supervised by @_StephanieLKing @Samellisq and Dan Franks in partnership with The Center for Whale Research @CWROrcas
https://t.co/B8bYuexj69 - deadline 13th January 2025
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Funded PhD Available at the University of Exeter. Loneliness is a global epidemic. We want to use field experiments in wild rabbits to understand why our social connections change with age. Deadline: 11th Dec More info & how to apply here: https://t.co/P6E7oR11Ss
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Menopause explains why some female whales live so long - new study by @UniofExeter @UniOfYork & @CWROrcas Full paper 👉 https://t.co/NBzgXbQIQ6 Read more 👉 https://t.co/oSJ6Bu5qYA
@DarrenPCroft @Samellisq @DanFranksRsrch @ExeterMarine @CrabExeter
news.exeter.ac.uk
Females of some whale species have evolved to live drastically longer lives so they can care for their families, new research shows. The study focussed on five whale species that – along with humans –
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Very pleased to see our paper taking a comparative approach to understand the evolution of menopause in toothed whales published today in @Nature . Couple of slides below talking through the key results but all the details here: https://t.co/L6Ri8DUWNE
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There is a lot of misunderstanding about the evolution of menopause in animal (and human) societies - a new preprint just out today (with @sn_chapman @Samellisq Mirkka Lahdenpera and Virpi Lummaa) addressing some points from a recent commentary in @CellCellPress
Menopause has not evolved as a general trait in mammals: A response to "Do mammals have menopause?" https://t.co/qpnu4fl1Vd
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A huge thanks to the academic rockstars who have supported me, particularly @DarrenPCroft and @pec_exeter at Exeter, and @C_C_Ioannou and the folks in @Camo_Lab in Bristol. Can't wait for the next chapter!
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Killer Whales and the Mystery of the Menopause - fascinating #NatureBang @BBCRadio4 programme featuring @DarrenPCroft of @exeterpsych @CrabExeter @UniofExeter
bbc.co.uk
Why do we - and a few species of whale - have a menopause?
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Really enjoyed chatting with @Becky_Ripley and @EmilyPKnight about killer whale grannies and the amazing work done by @CWROrcas you can hear more here https://t.co/vDWU0pGqqf
@ExeterMarine
@CrabExeter
@UniofExeterNews
@exeterpsych
bbc.co.uk
Why do we - and a few species of whale - have a menopause?
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Another wonderful study from this hugely talented group: Charli Grimes @DarrenPCroft @UniofExeter @ljnbrent @CetaceanMike @DanFranksRsrch and @CWROrcas Killer whale moms protect their sons from fights with other whales | Science | AAAS
science.org
A new study highlights the importance of postmenopausal moms to orcas’ social dynamics
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Deploy camera tags on bull sharks off Fiji. Part of a new study on bull shark sociality by @FijiSharks and Natasha Marosi. Certainly no shortage of sharks to choose from. @FIUMarineBio @peclabfiu
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📣🌟PhD and Post-doc🌟📣 with @BustonLab, Mike Cant and I working on Kimbe Bay anemonefish. Official ads coming soon. Start Sept 23/Jan 24. Some details below. DM me if interested!
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Wonderful couple of days of sun, fun and science: watch this space! @AndrewFoote2 @EllenGarland4 @DarrenPCroft
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