Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

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New PhD positions starting in 2025

Applications for the new IMPRS-QBEE projects are now open

Octopus and fish hunt as a team

Study unlocks the secrets of octopus-fish hunting groups

When darkness never falls

All-night lights change the behavior of fish, even into the next generation

What are the energetic costs of a migratory lifestyle?

Unique physiological study on blackbirds unlocks the answer

"We want to understand and predict animal decision-making in the natural world."

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How cranes navigate their complex world

September 23, 2024

Study of four crane species reveals the complicated relationships between birds and their environments

Unlocking the secrets of multispecies hunting

September 23, 2024

Study reveals how leadership and composition drives success in octopus-fish hunting groups

fish swimming in water with light shining down

When darkness never falls

September 23, 2024

Artificial light at night changes the behavior of fish, even into the next generation

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IMPRS QBEE

The International Max Planck Research School for Quantitative Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution from lab to field

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MaxCine is the centre for communication and exchange at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Events

Timing Shapes Flyway Selection in Juvenile White Storks at the European Migratory Divide

Oct 18, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

Hybrid meeting, Room: Seminar room MPI-AB Bücklestrasse + Online

Iguanas from Above: New Airborne Approaches to Population Surveying

Institute seminar talk on Monday

Oct 21, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

University of Konstanz + online, Room: M630

Examining the interplay of cooperation and conflict through the lens of Pan

Oct 29, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

Bückle St. 5a, 78467 Konstanz, Room: Seminar room MPI-AB Bücklestrasse + Online

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Job Offers

Postdoctoral position (m/f/d) 100% | Collective Migration

September 30, 2024

Further vacancies in German can be found on the German Job Offers page.

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From the PhD-Odyssey to Project Management

from Oct 7, 2024 09:00 AM to Oct 8, 2024 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

From the PhD-Odyssey to Project Management

from Oct 7, 2024 09:00 AM to Oct 8, 2024 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Timing Shapes Flyway Selection in Juvenile White Storks at the European Migratory Divide

from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

Iguanas from Above: New Airborne Approaches to Population Surveying

from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

Institute seminar talk on Monday

Examining the interplay of cooperation and conflict through the lens of Pan

from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

Social mechanisms underlying group-level vocal signatures in captive and wild parrots

from 03:00 PM to 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)