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Iain Couzin

Royal Society elects behavioural biologist Iain Couzin in recognition of his outstanding contributions to research on animal collectives more

rainbow lights

Scientists use virtual reality for fish to teach robots how to swarm more

Bat in cave

When emerging at night by the thousands, bats avoid colliding by changing how they move and echolocate more

locusts

Classical models of collective behavior fail to explain the mechanisms driving desert locust swarms more

fish

Eye of the school

February 10, 2025

New method tracks eye movements of free-swimming fish more

fish

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

sharks and fish

Angela Albi wins top prize in Royal Society photo competition more

Shark and fish

For the sixth time, Konstanz pioneer in collective behaviour research honored as one of the most influential researchers of our time more

Kuhl's pipistrelle

Small bats fly home using environmental features with distinctive acoustic cues as landmarks more

Octopus and fish

Study reveals how leadership and composition drives success in octopus-fish hunting groups more

Zebrafish swimming in a school

Virtual Reality experiments have illuminated the rhythmic glue that could keep animals moving in synchrony more

honey comb

Solving the imperfect comb

December 08, 2023

Honey bees and social wasps developed a similar solution for nest building although evolution separated them 179 million years ago more

Bees with identifying tags

Drones were thought to contribute little to the hive. A study draws them out of the shadows to illuminate their surprising in-hive behavioral repertoire. more

Barn with cameras attached to the walls and ceiling

Inside an 18th-century barn, a research lab captures the interactions within animal groups in unprecedented detail more

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