New paper in TREE co-led w @jennakohles.bsky.social: We explore how resource variability shapes the value of social information for maximizing resource gain & minimizing variance. This eco-evolutionary lens helps us explain why collective sensing emerges in dynamic ecosystems! 🧪 tinyurl.com/2rurcry7

You know both these people….and both are 2026 National Geographic 33 honorees 🎉 These are people tackling the world's most pressing challenges and driving meaningful breakthroughs. To Martin, Harrison + 31 #NatGeo33 changemakers: may the force be with you ⭐ on.natgeo.com/NG33EXMWHL @uni-konstanz.de

Addressing global biodiversity loss needs more than data collection. A new PNAS Perspective from the 2025 US–UK Scientific Forum outlines 9 changes to improve how biodiversity is measured and used for conservation. Read now: https://ow.ly/BH5Q50YsXUY Forum: https://ow.ly/U5ZV50YsUTK

For decades biologists assumed ravens follow wolves to their kills. Our paper @science.org shows something different: ravens rarely follow wolves far. Instead they remember areas where wolf kills are common and return to them—sometimes from >150 km away. doi.org/10.1126/science.adz9467 📷Dan Stahler

#Wolves kill—and #ravens remember where: In #Yellowstone National Park, birds primarily search for food in areas where wolves frequently hunt prey www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpqZ... [YouTube] www.mpg.de/26220626/030... [News] @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

Shot Christian Ziegler! 📸 🙌 Nice science too by @cecibaldoni.bsky.social et al...

New preprint from the Genes and Behavior group! @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @cbehav.bsky.social Youn Jae Kang led this study on the evolution of a collective behavior in C. elegans. doi.org/qq3t

It's world bonobo day, and there's so much more to learn about our closest living relative. What happened to the bonobo "Hugo" last year shocked researchers. Without long-term studies like LuiKotale, Hugo's story would not be heard. @sonya-ofthejungle.bsky.social youtu.be/tbt0otbGgS4?...

Konstanz School of Collective Behavior 2026 is one of a kind school where students delve into state of the art research on collective behavior. Apply here: www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/applica... Deadline: March 15th, 2026 @cbehav.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de

Check out our new blog post!🚨 Authors provide an overview of the animal2vec framework, including its capabilities and potential for usage in animal behavior, ecology, and conservation research 🔊 🌍 🧪 Read more here👇

The Hector Foundation has honoured #UniKonstanz-based behavioural biologist Iain Couzin with the Hector Award for outstanding scientific achievements and exceptional mentorships in the field of collective behaviour. @cbehav.bsky.social Full story: t1p.de/7yq10

Excited to announce our courses for #MovementEcology.🤗 This year we will be in #Africa @mpalarc.bsky.social at Mpala Research Centre. Starting with a basic R course designed for #AfricanResearchers, followed by a two-week international Animove workshop. animove.org/basic-r-cour... Please share 👍

🧪Before the day begins, meerkats share a unique ritual. After emerging from their burrows, they spend up to an hour "sunning" to warm up for the day. During this quiet time, they produce soft, tonal "sunning calls". Just standing, sunbathing, and calling. But why❓ #bioacoustics #meerkats #kalahari

It’s not just us who are fascinated by fish. Study showing fish recognize individual divers is in the top 10 most popular papers in Royal Society in 2025. Maëlan Tomasek, Katinka Soller + Alex Jordan’s 🐟paper is with clever cockies @lucymaplin.bsky.social et al. royalsociety.org/blog/2025/12...

How do pigeons balance the need to feed with the need to stay safe? IMPRS-QBEE student Mathilde Delacoux working with Fumihiro Kano, uses motion capture to study how information transfers through pigeon flocks. @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/w5p_Z...

Ape societies reveal much about our own. 💡 We talked to @meg-crofoot.bsky.social from @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social about the significance of her research for us humans – and the importance of #AcademicFreedom. More in our new Humboldt Kosmos magazine: www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/explore/m...

Weekend break was fun, now back to work 👍 Whilst the first week was teaching heavy, the second week is focusing on the learned new methods using data sets that everyone has brought along to work with.

The fourth day of #AnimoveCR was all about environmental context, how to download and process information about our planet (remote sensing and climate data). The day ended with a fantastic talk by @njklappstein.bsky.social speaking about her research on polar bears 🐻‍❄️ @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

Is there a common principle for animal decision-making? IMPRS-QBEE student Maya Dagher working with @icouzin.bsky.social uses theory and simulations to explore how the ring attractor model can predict animal decision making @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/1rMZY...

Get ready media professionals....another cockatoo-bin paper just dropped 🔥

Congratulations Hester and the Flack flock! So proud of you!!!

Do fish change the way they navigate as they grow? @maxcapelle.bsky.social, working in @bahllab.bsky.social, shows us his work with zebrafish VR! @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/f0e1w...

Countdown for #AnimoveCR at La Selva Estación Biológica, Organization of Tropical Studies 👍 We will see you tomorrow! @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @animove-course.bsky.social @animaltracking.bsky.social @livingingroups.bsky.social

🚀 Guess who’s back? 🛰️🥳💫 ICARUS, our global wildlife-tracking system, returns to orbit aboard the GENA-OT satellite, which launched from Vandenberg SFB today 🎉 This is step one for ICARUS 2.0: full global coverage, smaller sensors, near-real-time. Congrats @animaltracking.bsky.social + team ICARUS

We are happy to announce that registration for ISBE2026 is now open! We encourage you to register as soon as possible to take advantage of reduced fees and to plan your trip and accommodation in advance. Please read the information on www.isbe2026.com before proceeding with your registration.

Why are there more songbirds some years compared to others? When animals drift across continents, it's hard to know. New study examined > 1.2 million captures of 33 passerine sp. across 11 European countries. It found an answer: adult survival shapes abundance link.springer.com/article/10.1...

After many years of trying to combine my 2 passions, art 🎨 and science 👩‍🔬, into something meaningful, i have created an educational #ChildrensBook! 📚 ✨ Meet The Rimba🦧, a gentle, lyrical tale about a wise orangutan guardian spirit who protects her rainforest home and the creatures who depend on it.

In this study, Howard-Spink et al. develop an empirically based model of orangutan diet development, which suggests that social learning is vital for allowing orangutans to acquire varied diets.

New paper from the Schuppli group and colleagues! Video summary 👉 youtu.be/W_eOg7vsL_M?...

For your consideration, our paper about how we can build a better error culture around biologging is now out in Animal Behavio(u)r. A collaborative effort between researchers the veterinarians at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

How do insects use vision to interact with flowers? IMPRS-QBEE student @lochlanw.bsky.social, working with @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social tells us more about his work on hummingbird hawkmoths and how they interact with flower patterns @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/juEhw...

How is climate change impacting African vultures? IMPRS student @jeveso.bsky.social, working with @safilab.bsky.social, tells us more about his work on climate and human impacts on African vultures, nature’s recyclers. @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/dbJp2...

Huge congratulations to our @icouzin.bsky.social for being recognised once again by @clarivateag.bsky.social as a Highly Cited Researcher 2025 — marking Iain’s 7th consecutive year on the list! #HighlyCited2025 #CollectiveBehaviour #UniKonstanz @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de

Collective behaviour researcher @icouzin.bsky.social from #UniKonstanz and @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social was recognized - once again - as “Global Highly Cited Researcher” 2025. The pioneer in collective behaviour research is named among the world’s most influential scientists. t1p.de/7g6kl

This year, @ClarivateAG named Iain Couzin on the Highly Cited Researchers list for significant and broad influence in his fields. This is Iain’s 7th year as an HCR clarivate.com/highly-cited... #HighlyCited2025 @uni-konstanz.de @cbehav.bsky.social @icouzin.bsky.social @clarivateag.bsky.social

Meet the coordinator for @imprs-qbee.bsky.social 😍 She's a guide, a helping hand, a mentor, a therapist, and more. No doctoral degree is complete without her. youtube.com/shorts/mVbTU... Video by @alexhhchan.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de @cbehav.bsky.social #AcademicChatter #PhD #Doctoral

On 24 October, Barbara Fruth was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her socio-environmental work in the Congo 🇩🇪 🇨🇩 🐵 💚 🏅. Around 350 people came to the Konzil in Konstanz to watch the Mayor pin the Cross of Merit to Barbara's jacket and present the certificate. 🧵 1/3

What audible components of animal communication serve an alerting function? #UniKonstanz @cbehav.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social scientist with international team analyzed wails in rock hyraxes’ songs: t1p.de/i2sjy

How can we learn about animals that hide from view? IMPRS student @galarconnieto.bsky.social, working in @safilab.bsky.social tells us more about his research on oilbirds! @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/lGagO...

Only one week left to apply for the graduate school IMPRS-QBEE ⏰https://imprs-qbee.mpg.de/32524/apply 🏃‍♂️ Applications close on October 31. Not sure what a PhD with us looks like? Check out the video series to see. Videos by @alexhhchan.bsky.social 🎥 @uni-konstanz.de @cbehav.bsky.social

Thank you for visiting our exhibition! It was a pleasure to talk to all the animal lovers of Munich.

A long night ahead at the @maxplanck.de HQ. We’re taking over the lobby for the Long Night of Museums Münich on Saturday 18. So many animals, they will be literally crawling up the walls. 🐒🦁🦇🪽🦗🦋🦌🦈 www.ab.mpg.de/events/42342...

🦇 Noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula) hunting a Noctua moth. Illustration for "Animals on the Move" series for Dina Dechmann's lab at MPI of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social #SciArt #art #bats #wildlifeart #insects

New study from #UniKonstanz @cbehav.bsky.social and @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social shows: animal swarms don’t need to follow fixed rules; their coordination emerges from brain dynamics. Flexible “ring attractor” networks create complexity from simplicity: https://t1p.de/4c6cd#UniKonstanz@icouzin.bsky.social

Hey prospective Phds, this video was made for you. Our students give you insider info on the doctoral experience @uni-konstanz.de Video by @alexhhchan.bsky.social

In the Guardian, Meg Crofoot weighs in (on behalf of wild animals) on our current obsession: healthy sleep. Piece by @sarahsloat.bsky.social @meg-crofoot.bsky.social @livingingroups.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Interested in a PhD in quantitative animal behavior? Applications are open through October for PhD projects starting in 2026: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/32524/apply For an inside look at the projects, let our doctoral students be your guide 👇 Videos by @alexhhchan.bsky.social

Huge congratulations to this year's winners of the #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine: Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell & Shimon Sakaguchi! 🏆The trio's groundbreaking work on peripheral immune tolerance is paving the way for crucial new treatments for cancer & autoimmunity. 🧬

Join in the excitement this week 🤩The #NobelPrizes in Physiology or #Medicine, #Physics, and #Chemistry will be announced on Monday (11:30 a.m.), Tuesday (11:45 a.m.), and Wednesday (11:45 a.m. CEST). Live -> www.nobelprize.org

Take a look at these videos from #IMPRS-QBEE doctoral students. They take you behind the scenes into PhD research @uni-konstanz.de and #MPI-AB. Paragliding! VR! Spelunking! And more adventures in quantitative behavior. New episodes every Monday.