Exciting new research published in @currentbiology.bsky.social by our guest scientist and former group leader @jmrko.bsky.social. The study highlights insights from connectomics research in songbirds. „Tunneling neurons“ open new perspectives on how adult neural circuits may regenerate.

🐟+🐚 =🏠 Shell-dwelling cichlids are true underwater architects, instinctively transforming empty snail shells into protective nests. New research shows: They improve with practice, remember what they learned, and adapt to unusual conditions. 🔗 Press release: www.bi.mpg.de/news/2026-04...

This conference is going to be so cool! Good science good people good location. Register ASAP! #neuroskyence www.fens.org/news-activit...

How do fish localize sound without interaural cues? @johve.bsky.social et al. found a behavioral algorithm for directional hearing that predicts behavior from a pressure/motion phase comparison and accounts for how this relationship varies with distance. www.cell.com/current-biol...

Even innate vocal behaviors can be socially flexible. In zebra finches, replies to contact calls are faster and more reliable when the caller is familiar than when hearing strangers. 🔗 Press release: www.bi.mpg.de/news/2026-03-vallentin 🎬 Video by @cgomez-guzman.bsky.social

Most of us are familiar with the nightingale's song, but did you know there's more to it than just a melody? Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... @danielavallentin.bsky.social @tpvogels.bsky.social @mpiforbi.bsky.social ​

Only a few days left to register for the India-EMBO Lecture Course on Neurethology meetings.embo.org/event/25-neu... taking place in Pune Dec 7-11, 2025. #EMBOneuroethology Fantastic speaker line up! Deadline July 31st.

Birdsong, brains & sunshine! More than 70 brilliant minds from across the globe flocked to Seewiesen to get inspired by cutting-edge research. From finches to singing mice, vocal research flew high at the European Birdsong Meeting hosted at our Institute.

Very, very cool paper from @tamir-eliav.bsky.social and the Ulanovsky lab! www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

Looking forward to reading the new book by Nachum Ulanovsky! @mitpress.bsky.social