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Riders on the storm

Bats surf storm fronts during continental migration
sharks and fish

Truth, beauty, and a perfect view

Angela Albi wins top prize in Royal Society photo competition
Fish

Iain Couzin receives the 2024 Fyssen International Prize

Prize recognizes contributions to the understanding of “Collective Behaviour Across Species”
 
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

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

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ICARUS flies with new wings

January 13, 2025

With ICARUS 2.0, the space-based animal tracking system launches plans for a dedicated fleet of five CubeSats in low Earth orbit
 
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Bat in tree

Bats surf storm fronts during continental migration

January 02, 2025

Scientists use ultra-light sensors connected “like cell phones” across Europe to study how bats migrate over the continent
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blackbuck visualised by yellow bounding boxes

A dataset to advance wildlife monitoring with drones

December 13, 2024

With “Bucktales” three postdocs hope to power a wave of collaboration on AI tools for drone-based study of wild animals
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Meta-Reflexivity: Foundations of a didactics of science communication

Jan 17, 2025 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
MPI-AB Möggingen, Room: Seminar room MPI-AB Möggingen + Online

Social ageing: Toward a deeper understanding of the intersection between social relationships and senescence

Jan 21, 2025 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
Bückle St. 5a, 78467 Konstanz, Room: Seminar room MPI-AB Bücklestrasse + Online

Linking Conservation & Movement Ecology in the Study of Migratory Raptors

Jan 24, 2025 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
Bückle St. 5a, 78467 Konstanz, Room: Seminar room MPI-AB Bücklestrasse + Online

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Harnessing environmental justice to improve human-wildlife interactions

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

The energy landscape: what it is and how birds (learn to) use it

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

new location: Bücklestrasse

Meta-Reflexivity: Foundations of a didactics of science communication

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

Social ageing: Toward a deeper understanding of the intersection between social relationships and senescence

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

Linking Conservation & Movement Ecology in the Study of Migratory Raptors

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

Causes and consequences of animal movement in an extensive system

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

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