Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

December 10, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

Photography by Christian Ziegler

sharks and fish

Truth, beauty, and a perfect view

Angela Albi wins top prize in Royal Society photo competition

Iain Couzin receives the 2024 Fyssen International Prize

Prize recognizes contributions to the understanding of “Collective Behaviour Across Species”

What we know about the world’s bonobo stronghold

Twenty-year study of Congo’s largest protected park confirms that rangers are effective in preserving the endangered 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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Iain Couzin receives the 2024 Fyssen International Prize

December 07, 2024

Prize recognizes contributions to the understanding of “Collective Behaviour Across Species”

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chimpanzee and infant

Chimps organize behaviors too

December 05, 2024

Chimpanzees perform the same complex behaviors that have brought humans success

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sharks and fish

Truth, beauty, and a perfect view

December 04, 2024

Angela Albi wins top prize in Royal Society photo competition

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IMPRS QBEE

IMPRS QBEE

The International Max Planck Research School for Quantitative Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution from lab to field

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MaxCine

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Events

Adapting to uncertainty: unraveling bat behavior in a disturbed environment

new location: Bücklestrasse

Dec 10, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

Bückle St. 5a, 78467 Konstanz, Room: R712

Energetic trade-offs of hibernation at historical and new ranges in the common noctule (Nyctalus noctula)

Dec 13, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

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

The ecological and social drivers of cooperation: Experimental field studies in a group-living bird

Dec 16, 2024 10:30 AM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

University of Konstanz, Room: K503

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Job Offers

Postdoc position (m/f/d) | Understanding the eco-evolutionary dynamics of seasonal migration in songbirds

November 19, 2024

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

December 2024

Behavioural responses to a warming world – lessons from arid zone birds

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

Communication and fission-fusion dynamics in white-nosed coatis

from 04:30 PM to 07:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Timing the hunt: Ephemeral resource strategies of bulldog bats in energy-demanding reproductive phases

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

Social and environmental drivers of capuchin movement ecology: a long-term perspective

from 03:30 PM to 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Adapting to uncertainty: unraveling bat behavior in a disturbed environment

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

new location: Bücklestrasse

Energetic trade-offs of hibernation at historical and new ranges in the common noctule (Nyctalus noctula)

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

The ecological and social drivers of cooperation: Experimental field studies in a group-living bird

from 10:30 AM to 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Invisible journeys: Exploring nocturnal migrations across Europe

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

Myo-Inositol as a Key Regulator of Avian Metabolism: From Cellular Mechanisms to Seasonal Behaviour

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