Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Media & Outreach News News Out of the lab and into the field April 29, 2024 Akademie Schloss Solitude and the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior announce a new chapter in the “Field Trip” residency. more Storks fly with a little help from their friends April 12, 2024 migration All storks choose to migrate with conspecifics, but young storks rely more on social influences than adults do more THE SECRET KNOWLEDGE OF ANIMALS April 12, 2024 45-minute documentary celebrates its TV premiere on ARD more Migrating animals learn by experience February 27, 2024 collective behavior learning migration Adolescent exploration helps storks to learn straighter and shorter migration routes more 10 questions to guide behavioral experiments February 15, 2024 A new paper asks behavioral scientists: How well do you know your animal? more Do apes have humor? February 08, 2024 Study shows that great apes playfully tease each other more How food availability could catalyze cultural transmission in wild orangutans February 05, 2024 culture learning Social learning is affected by ecology, study finds more Show more