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A study reveals how cooperative hunting between dolphins and fishers can benefit both species—and why this behavior faces extinction more

Five questions about the number five with the renowned collective behaviour researcher more

Doctoral student is honored for research uncovering the complex social life of the vulturine guineafowl more

Eduardo Sampaio sailed for ten days along a section of the route of the MS Beagle more

Experts in artificial intelligence and animal ecology are pooling their efforts into a pioneering approach to conservation more

Germany's most important research award is given to MPI-AB director more

Researchers uncover a single rule for how animals make spatial decisions while on the move more

When animal magnetism meets fatal attraction more

Iain Couzin, Director of MPI-AB, has been included in the 2021 list of the “Global Highly Cited Researchers” for the fourth time in a row. more

Fish are his passion. Alex Jordan wants to know why they do what they do. An interview with the behavioural biologist more

Army ants collectively form complex, adaptable structures, without a need for communication more

Developed by PhD student Tristan Walter and Iain Couzin, the easy to use tool automatically tracks hundreds of individual animals. more

Democratic decision-making allows subordinate vulturine guineafowl to regain control over collective group actions when dominants have a monopoly over resources more