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For the sixth time, Konstanz pioneer in collective behaviour research honored as one of the most influential researchers of our time more

Small bats fly home using environmental features with distinctive acoustic cues as landmarks more

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

Virtual Reality experiments have illuminated the rhythmic glue that could keep animals moving in synchrony more

Honey bees and social wasps developed a similar solution for nest building although evolution separated them 179 million years ago more

Drones were thought to contribute little to the hive. A study draws them out of the shadows to illuminate their surprising in-hive behavioral repertoire. more

Inside an 18th-century barn, a research lab captures the interactions within animal groups in unprecedented detail more

With a new marker less method it is now possible to track the gaze and fine-scaled behaviours of every individual bird and how that animal moves in the space with others more

A study reveals how cooperative hunting between dolphins and fishers can benefit both species—and why this behavior faces extinction more

Five questions about the number five with the renowned collective behaviour researcher more

Doctoral student is honored for research uncovering the complex social life of the vulturine guineafowl more

Eduardo Sampaio sailed for ten days along a section of the route of the MS Beagle more

Experts in artificial intelligence and animal ecology are pooling their efforts into a pioneering approach to conservation more

Germany's most important research award is given to MPI-AB director more