Past Events

The topic of social learning initially had a slow start in animal behaviour, but now even exists as its own sub-field. My own niche within this new field is the study of ape social learning, and of ape cultures. Yet, regardless of study species, one of the main lessons from decades of study is that ... [more]

Please join us for the seminar – “Ecological importance and conservation ecology of white sharks” – on the topic of advancements in understanding of the roles of macropredatory sharks in marine food webs and modern ecosystems, presented by Dr. Jerry Moxley (Florida International University). Faced ... [more]

A large body of theory of collective motion focuses large groups/populations. However, real animal groups live in small groups, which we call mesoscopic scales, where intrinsic stochastic fluctuations can not be ignored and have counter intuitive effects. In this talk, I will discuss both theory ... [more]

Little is known about the spatial use and migration behavior of European Honey Buzzards (Pernis apivorus) in Germany. Looking at tagging projects in Germany, covering this subject, only one could be found in which German Honey Buzzards were tagged in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany from 2001 to 2011 by ... [more]

In humans, having stronger, more numerous, or more supportive social relationships predicts mortality risk from almost every cause of death—a pattern that cuts across cultural, geographic, gender, and socioeconomic lines. Recent studies from a wide range of wild mammals show startling converge with ... [more]

Next Level Scientific Writing with AI [more]

Knowing how many species or individuals occur at a given place and time is fundamental to many questions in wildlife ecology, conservation and management. Enumerating wildlife, however, is complicated by our imperfect and varying (with method, species, habitat, etc) ability to detect animals. In ... [more]

Growing threats to biodiversity require timely information on the status of wild populations worldwide. Standardized, large-scale monitoring programs are critical to assess population trends and track progress toward the biodiversity and sustainable goals identified by several international ... [more]

This doctoral thesis delves into the convergence of complex systems science, cognitive science, and statistical inference, to probe the phenomena of collective behavior—where autonomous entities such as cells, birds, or humans exhibit coordination that eclipses their individual capacities. Central ... [more]

Infectious disease risk can represent a key cost of social interactions. Therefore, quantifying how individuals mitigate this risk, while maximising social benefits can help us understand how individual social behaviour evolves and scales up to group and population-level social structure and ... [more]