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Continuously observing animals with motion sensors could improve earthquake prediction more

An international team of scientists is investigating how animals are responding to reduced levels of human activity during the Covid-19 pandemic more

Human presence weakens social relationships of giraffes more

Scientists dissect the complex choices of animals more

Even at sub-zero temperatures, common shrews do not need to increase their metabolism more

Daniel Calovi, a postdoc at the Max-Planck-Institute for Animal Behaviour at the department "Collectve Behaviour" of Iain Couzin, is a co-founder of the project “crowdfight covid19”. The website tries to bring together people who are offering help with people who need some. Here Daniel Calovi talks about the main concept, their motivation and the overall goal of the initiative. His cofounders are Sara Arganda Carreras (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain) and Alfonso Pérez Escudero, (Center for Integrative Biology, CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France). more

Test phase for the animal monitoring system begins more