Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Rewriting the rules of swarms

Classical models of collective behavior fail to explain the mechanisms driving desert locust swarms

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Rewriting the rules of locust swarms

February 27, 2025

Classical models of collective behavior fail to explain the mechanisms driving desert locust swarms

Wild fish can recognize individual divers

February 19, 2025

Fish used visual differences between divers to recognize the person who rewarded them

Eye of the school

February 10, 2025

New method tracks eye movements of free-swimming fish

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Understanding the elements that shape the ontogeny of migratory behaviour

Mar 14, 2025 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

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

What Crumpled Sheets Can Teach Us About Computation and Earthquakes

Mar 18, 2025 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

University of Konstanz + online, Room: ZT702 UKN + online

Data Analysis with R - Introduction to R Programming (online course)

Mar 25, 2025 09:30 AM (Local Time Germany) - Apr 8, 2025 05:30 PM

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Effect of urbanisation on space use in sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita)

Mar 7, 2025 from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

Selection Symposium 2025

Mar 10, 2025

Selection Symposium 2025

Mar 10, 2025

Male reproductive tactics in Bornean orangutans and introduction to the long-term research site Danum Valley

Mar 11, 2025 from 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Selection Symposium 2025

Mar 10, 2025

Understanding the elements that shape the ontogeny of migratory behaviour

Mar 14, 2025 from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)