How young orangutans prepare for adulthood

During their development, male and female orangutans choose different role models to observe - setting them up to learn sex-specific foraging patterns

Mammals evolved big brains after big disasters

Largest study of its kind reveals the way relative brain size of mammals changed over the last 150 million years

Great tits change their traditions for the better

Immigration helps populations shift to more efficient behaviors

Vision Statement of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

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