Barbara Fruth awarded Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

chimpanzee cracking nut with stone while two others watch

Wild chimps struggle with tool use in old age

July 15, 2025

Scientists studying a rare population of tool-using chimpanzees have found that aging can have a profound impact on their abilities—but not all chimps decline equally.

Snapshot Europe 2025

July 08, 2025

Scientists across Europe are invited to join the annual wildlife camera trapping project

Orangutans nap to make up for lost sleep

June 25, 2025

New study reveals that wild orangutans recover from sleep loss with daytime naps, much like humans do

Tower power

June 05, 2025

Living worm towers are recorded in the wild for the first time, a rare example of collective hitchhiking in nature

Iain Couzin elected Fellow of the Royal Society

May 20, 2025

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

capuchin monkey in a stream bed with a baby howler on its back

Capuchin monkeys caught abducting baby howlers

May 19, 2025

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How cameras on a remote island in Panama captured the origin and spread of a bizarre “fad”

Very different mammals follow the same rules of behavior

May 15, 2025

Research hints at an underlying architecture that orders the movements of animals

Not all orangutan mothers raise their infants the same way

May 14, 2025

Sumatran orangutan mothers differ from one another in how they behave with and take care of their infants

More social parrots have a better vocabulary

May 07, 2025

How social networks shape the vocal diversity of monk parakeets

In VR school, fish teach robots

April 30, 2025

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

Wild and zoo-housed orangutans explore the world differently

April 30, 2025

Zoo life boosts object exploration in orangutans, study finds

Female solidarity keeps male bonobos in check

April 24, 2025

Study on wild bonobos reveals that females team up to maintain power in their societies

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