We are delighted to announce the 2025 #VerrallLecture will be given by Professor Iain Couzin, Director of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour. The Verrall Lecture will take place Wed 5 March and is free to attend. Register your interest today ⬇️ royensoc.co.uk/event/verrall-…

Ever wondered how high the heart rate of a bat reaches during flight? Curious about how many insects they need to eat to satisfy their energy demands during sperm-production? Read our latest paper: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.10… 💗 Thanks Javier Lazaro - science & wildlife art for the stunning illustration!

#mpiab researchers recorded the hearts of bats continuously over days, including night flights 🦇🌙🫀 How, you might ask? Well...it all starts with brute-force telemetry. By Lara Keicher and Dina Dechmann ⭐️ Migration Dept., Max Planck Inst. Animal Behavior IMPRS-QBEE Universität Konstanz royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

What is swarm intelligence? How do politicians make decisions, and how do animal swarms? Tonight from 5pm to 8pm #UniKonstanz scientists Politics of Inequality Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour will answer all your questions at the Stadt Konstanz harbour (in front of the Spiegelhalle). t1p.de/p59ld

It's mammal paparazzi time again...📸🦊🦌🐻 Snapshot Europe is back for another year of standardized camera trapping across Europe! The 2024 season kicks off in September, and camera trappers are invited to register NOW. Find out more➡️ ab.mpg.de/609321/snapsho… #Euromammals

Third day of the Konstanz school collective behavior is already here . Our first lecture of the day is Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin talking to us about communication and coordination in animal societies 🙌 Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

This year's ICN is going to be a blast 🦗💥 I'm presenting our latest study on crowding-induced modulation of the #locust olfactory system 👉doi.org/10.1038/s41467… Check out all of our posters and win the treasure hunt! Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Universität Konstanz

Finally in my hands, The Internet of Animals by Martin Wikelski Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and with illustrations by myself. Greystone Books

Woohoo! The science writer Sabrina Imbler covers the bat-sh** crazy energetics of bats. Our bat girls Lara Keicher and Dina Dechmann ⭐️ led the Konstanz-based work published Royal Society Publishing : the longest continuous measurement of bat heart rate 🦇🫀🦇🫀 defector.com/bat-boy-summer…

This #InternationalOrangutanDay 🦧, we celebrate the unsung heroes—the local field assistants whose daily dedication in the forests is crucial for gathering scientific data on orangutan behavior and ecology. 💪

Visualizing Science! I'm holding a series of free, online workshops, thanks to Johns Hopkins University. All are welcome! I plan to have fun with Danielle VanBrabant, Damond Kyllo, and Amey Zhang to introduce visualization topics and challenges. No art experience is necessary.

#ecobhrv2024 #Behaviouralecology Let’s Dive into Darwin's Dreamponds to understand how behaviour evolves with Alex Jordan (/thejordanlab.com), our last external but not least plenary speaker! Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Orangutans of #Suaq star in the perfect #BackToSchool documentary, with fuzzy babies galore! 🦧 #SecretLivesofOrangutans was shot by Silverback Films at the Gunung Leuser National Park, home of Orangutans of Suaq 🦧 Now streaming Netflix ➡️ netflix.com/de-en/title/81… Here's a peek 👇

Celebrating #InternationalPrimateDay with the Mpala Baboon Research Project by Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior! 🐒 Exploring the evolution and ecology of wild baboons. 🌍🔍 zurl.co/BTsy?utm_sourc… #ResearchAtMpala

New paper! The sociality of sleep in animal groups cell.com/trends/ecology… An Opinion article that just came out in Trends in Ecology & Evolution

🚨Fresh #sleep paper out in Trends in Ecology & Evolution with a #social twist!🚨 The sociality of sleep in animal groups A beautiful team effort of researchers studying #sleep Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior & Universität Konstanz led by the fantastic Pritish Chakravarty and Meg Crofoot 👏 cell.com/trends/ecology…

Hello #Konstanz Don't miss this event, which starts tonight and runs over the weekend Stadt Konstanz Bürgersaal. Artists Kristin Jakubek and Leon Brandt worked with the scientists Hemal🦉Naik હેમલ નાયક Armin Bahl Einat Couzin-Fuchs from Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour Universität Konstanz

The 2025 #VerrallLecture will be given by Professor Iain Couzin, Director of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior. The Verrall Lecture will take place on Wed 5 March and is free to attend. Register 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/event/verrall-…