Behold the world’s first off the grid Mormon cricket virtual reality system! @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de @sercansayin.bsky.social @1imurphy.bsky.social @vishwanathvarma @pvnkmrksk.bsky.social @icouzin.bsky.social

Today, German Science Foundation @dfg.de decided to shut down the most vibrant, inspiring, and successful scientific community I’ve been part of! @cbehav.bsky.social fostered groundbreaking interdisciplinary research in #collectiveBehavior. Its closure is a loss for science in Germany and beyond 🕯️🌑

Royal Society has elected @icouzin.bsky.social as a Fellow in recognition of contributions to research on animal collectives 🐟🦗🦈🐜 Congratulations to Max Planck Director and Prof @cbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de, Iain Couzin FRS! @royalsociety.org @maxplanck.de www.ab.mpg.de/679766/news_...

Fully-funded PhD position on optimal network design in ant nests and slime mould, which will be split between the University of Bristol (UK) and Macquarie University (Australia) - application deadline: Friday 21st March. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Virtual reality rewrites the rules of the swarm. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... We find that classical models of collective behavior fail to account for collective motion. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🚀 Celebrating Our Soon-to-Graduate PhD Candidates from SmartNets! 🎓🎉 I can’t wait to see where your journeys take you next, and I honestly will miss you!

Congratulations to Angela Albi and August Paula for winning best photo in the animal behavior category of Nature inFocus award 2024 🎉 In the unlikely event that you haven't seen "the hunt from above" ... ⬇️ @albiangela.bsky.social @augustpaula.bsky.social www.natureinfocus.in/wildlife-pho...

We’re excited to announce the winning entries of the #RSPPhotoComp 2024! Follow along as we reveal the beautiful winning images of each category. Starting with #Behaviour and overall winner, 'The Hunt from Above' by @albiangela.bsky.social, with the help of drone pilot, @augustpaula.bsky.social.

We start off here with some great news 🦈 me and @augustpaula.bsky.social got the right shot! Great team work with @icouzin.bsky.social Luke Costello and Tristan Walter @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

The dynamics between predator and prey are laid bare in a striking image of fish being attacked by sharks in the shallow waters of the Maldives, which has claimed the top prize in this year’s Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition. See more photos from the competition: cnn.it/4ihWduk

www.ab.mpg.de/641446/news_... 🥳 Very excited, that one of our recordings won the @royalsociety.org Photography competition! Congratulations @albiangela.bsky.social @icouzin.bsky.social Luke Costello, Tristan Walter and all others contributing to this project. @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, cascb