Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Young Golden Eagles leave their parents’ territory late

Experience determines when the birds leave their home range

Thinking fast and slow

Wild fish reveal how cognition evolved in two closely related species

MaxCine student wins photography prize

Gunnar Hartmann has won Nature’s #ScientistAtWork photo competition for 2026.

Finding home

Pigeons navigate using magnetic sensors in their livers

"We want to understand and predict animal decision-making in the natural world."

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Young Golden Eagles leave their parents’ territory late

August 25, 2026

Experience determines when the birds leave their home range

Thinking fast and slow

August 12, 2026

Wild fish reveal how cognition evolved in two closely related species

Zoë Goldsborough named Minerva Fast Track Fellow

June 25, 2026

The early career researcher will lead a group within the Minerva Fast Track program studying the evolution of primate culture and social behavior

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Events

Morphological adaptations to migration in songbirds

Sep 18, 2026 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

MPI-AB Möggingen, Room: Seminar room MPI-AB Möggingen + Online

Institute Retreat 2026

Sep 22, 2026 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Pfarrheim Allensbach

Maximizing the success of media outreach

Sep 29, 2026 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

Bückle St. 5a, 78467 Konstanz

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Job Offers

Postdoctoral position (m/f/d) | Bonobo life history including database management

September 09, 2026

Technical Assistant (m/f/d) | Bonobo Database Contributor

September 09, 2026

Further vacancies in German can be found on the German Job Offers page.

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Towards an agent-based model of coral colony formation

Sep 4, 2026 from 11:45 AM to 12:45 PM (Local Time Germany)

The effect of torpor bout duration and ambient temperature on arousal from hibernation in wild common noctules (Nyctalus noctula)

Sep 11, 2026 from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

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Characterizing ACC involvement in emotional contagion circuits using functional ultrasound imaging in mice

Sep 11, 2026 from 11:45 AM to 12:45 PM (Local Time Germany)

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Morphological adaptations to migration in songbirds

Sep 18, 2026 from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

Institute Retreat 2026

Sep 22, 2026 from 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Maximizing the success of media outreach

Sep 29, 2026 from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)