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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

2023 Nature Advent Calendar

23 of Christian Ziegler’s best photos from 2023 | December 11, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Finding orangutan’s lost boys

Finding orangutan’s lost boys

Longterm study offers a glimpse at how orangutans become fathers in the wild

spotted hyenas mobbing a lioness

Mob mentality

Friendly hyenas are more likely to team up against lions

A rare journey into the hidden world of tropical bats

A rare journey into the hidden world of tropical bats

New book by photographer Christian Ziegler and scientist Dina Dechmann on the bats of Barro Colorado Island

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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flanged male orangutan

Orangutan male success: not by dominance alone

December 06, 2023

New paternity study of wild orangutans upends the assumption that competition among males decides who sires offspring

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three spotted hyenas mobbing a lioness

Friendly hyenas are more likely to form mobs

December 05, 2023

Strong social relationships make hyenas more likely to team up against lions, even when there’s no obvious benefit

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monk parakeet in a tree

First evidence that European parrots have dialects

November 24, 2023

Study is the first to document dialect differences in a parrot across its European range

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Events

From Guessing to Knowing: The Beauty of Physiological Measures

Dec 12, 2023 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

Hybrid meeting, Room: Seminar room MPI-AB Bücklestrasse + Online

Bat Island - A Rare Journey into the Hidden World of Tropical Bats

Dec 13, 2023 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

online, Room: http://www.stri.si.edu/batisland

An updated estimation of cost of transport for flying species

Dec 15, 2023 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

Hybrid meeting, Room: Seminar room MPI-AB Bücklestrasse + Online

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December 2023

Winterfest Akademie Schloss Solitude

from 04:00 PM to 10:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

From simple, invariant behaviour to complex social populations

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

Cave-dwelling bats in Brazil: Occurrence, Richness, Rarity and Conservation

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

From Guessing to Knowing: The Beauty of Physiological Measures

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

Bat Island - A Rare Journey into the Hidden World of Tropical Bats

from 04:00 PM to 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

An updated estimation of cost of transport for flying species

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

Good Scientific Practice - Avoid Research Misconduct

“I had no idea that I was such an asshole to myself.” – Improving researchers’ mental health and resilience with Nonviolent Communication.

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