Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Thinking fast and slow

Wild fish reveal how cognition evolved in two closely related species

MaxCine student wins photography prize

Gunnar Hartmann has won Nature’s #ScientistAtWork photo competition for 2026.

Finding home

Pigeons navigate using magnetic sensors in their livers

How do climate extremes alter animal societies?

33-year study of capuchin monkeys reveals disruption to social structures

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

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Thinking fast and slow

August 12, 2026

Wild fish reveal how cognition evolved in two closely related species

Zoë Goldsborough named Minerva Fast Track Fellow

June 25, 2026

The early career researcher will lead a group within the Minerva Fast Track program studying the evolution of primate culture and social behavior

MaxCine student wins photography prize

June 06, 2026

Gunnar Hartmann has won this year’s #ScientistAtWork photo competition run by the journal Nature with a photograph of the bald ibis project

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Making the best of a very bad field season: analysing un-analysable accelerometer data

Aug 18, 2026 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

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

Small brains in complex environments: Social and environmental contexts shape decision-making in Drosophila larvae

Aug 26, 2026 02:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

University of Konstanz, Room: ZT 1202

Hysteresis in the sensorimotor processing of larval zebrafish

Aug 31, 2026 02:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

University of Konstanz, Room: tba

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Making the best of a very bad field season: analysing un-analysable accelerometer data

Aug 18, 2026 from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

Small brains in complex environments: Social and environmental contexts shape decision-making in Drosophila larvae

Aug 26, 2026 from 02:00 PM to 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Hysteresis in the sensorimotor processing of larval zebrafish

Aug 31, 2026 from 02:00 PM to 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)