Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Media & Outreach News News Migrating animals learn by experience February 27, 2024 collective behavior learning migration Adolescent exploration helps storks to learn straighter and shorter migration routes more 10 questions to guide behavioral experiments February 15, 2024 A new paper asks behavioral scientists: How well do you know your animal? more Do apes have humor? February 08, 2024 Study shows that great apes playfully tease each other more How food availability could catalyze cultural transmission in wild orangutans February 05, 2024 culture learning Social learning is affected by ecology, study finds more 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 Orangutan male success: not by dominance alone December 06, 2023 New paternity study of wild orangutans upends the assumption that competition among males decides who sires offspring more Friendly hyenas are more likely to form mobs December 05, 2023 Strong social relationships make hyenas more likely to team up against lions, even when there’s no obvious benefit more Show more