Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Storks fly with a little help from their friends

Young storks rely more on social influences than adults do

The secret knowledge of animals

45-minute documentary celebrates its TV premiere on ARD

Migrating animals learn by experience

Adolescent exploration helps storks to learn straighter and shorter migration

Two gorillas playing in a zoo, one with hand on the head of another

Do apes have humor?

Study shows that great apes playfully tease each other

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

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Storks fly with a little help from their friends

April 12, 2024

All storks choose to migrate with conspecifics, but young storks rely more on social influences than adults do

THE SECRET KNOWLEDGE OF ANIMALS

April 12, 2024

45-minute documentary celebrates its TV premiere on ARD

Migrating animals learn by experience

February 27, 2024

Adolescent exploration helps storks to learn straighter and shorter migration routes

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Which types of social relationships matter? Affiliative bonds and mortality risk in wild primates.

Apr 23, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

Bückle St. 5a, 78467 Konstanz, Room: Seminar room MPI-AB Bücklestrasse + Online

Wintering Areas and Habitats of Southwestern German Honey Buzzards (Bachelor presentation)

Apr 26, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

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

Collective motion of finite collectives

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

University of Konstanz, Room: ZT1202 + online

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2 PhD Positions (m/f/d) | The Evolution of Behaviour in Darwin’s Dreamponds

February 20, 2024

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

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Social mitigation of infection risk in animal societies

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

Doctoral defense by Conor Heins

from 04:00 PM to 06:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

Addressing the biodiversity crisis through collaborations: the role of camera trapping

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

Hierarchical statistical models in wildlife ecology

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

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AI workshop with Prof. Dr. Daniel Mertens

from Apr 18, 2024 09:00 AM to Apr 19, 2024 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

AI workshop with Prof. Dr. Daniel Mertens

from Apr 18, 2024 09:00 AM to Apr 19, 2024 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Which types of social relationships matter? Affiliative bonds and mortality risk in wild primates.

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

Wintering Areas and Habitats of Southwestern German Honey Buzzards (Bachelor presentation)

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

Collective motion of finite collectives

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