Was passiert nach einem Kindesentführungsversuch in einer Primatengesellschaft? 🐒🙈🙉🙊
Seltene Beobachtungen an wilden Blutbrustpavianen zeigen: Wiederholte Entführungsversuche eines Neugeborenen veränderten das Sozialgefüge. Fellpflege-Netzwerke wurden enger und gleichzeitig nahmen Konflikte zu!
Eine neue Geste zur Fellpflege bei Japanmakaken? 🐒👋
Kaigaishi beschreibt eine bislang unbekannte taktile Geste: ein sanftes „Antippen“ zur Einleitung von Fellpflege, das vor allem zwischen erwachsenen Weibchen auftritt! #Primatologie #Tierkommunikation #Sozialverhalten
🧪ETHOLOGY: What happens after an infant kidnapping attempt in a primate society? 🐒🙈🙉🙊
A rare observation in wild geladas revealed that attempts to abduct a newborn triggered social changes. Grooming networks became denser and more reciprocal, while aggression increased: doi.org/10.1111/eth....
🧪 ETHOLOGY: A new grooming gesture in Japanese macaques? 🐒👋
Kaigaishi reports a previously undescribed tactile gesture: a gentle “tap” used to initiate grooming and occurring mainly between adult females, suggesting a role in managing social relationships. #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/eth....
🦞 Our new paper on the role of environmental complexity in cognitive development of juvenile lobsters finally swam into the light! Interested in individual variation in cognition, and its implications for conservation and welfare? Have a look here doi.org/10.1007/s100... 🦞
Does it matter whether you use focal sampling or scan sampling to collect animal behaviour data? We used simulations to find out, testing how accurate and precise each method is across a range of behaviours, study systems, and observation protocols.
Intra‐ and Interspecific Spatial Temporal Interactions Drive Habitat Selection of Three Sympatric Top Predators Ecol&Evol
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📣 Registration for #ABL2026 is now OPEN!
This year's theme: "Studying Animal Behaviour in a Changing World"
📆 12 November 2026 🐾🌍
🆓 The event is FREE, but registration is mandatory.
📄 Register & submit your abstract here: ablaoc.sciencesconf.org
#AnimalBehaviour #ABL2026 #AcademicEvents
Impact of sex chromosomes and gonad type in stress susceptibility in corticostriatal #brain regions @PNAS.org
Our latest episode of Transmissions is out! This one features Prof. Dr. Lucy Aplin, a leading cognitive ecologist from the University of Zurich and Australian National University.
This marks our very first episode dedicated entirely to understanding animal culture!
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New paper! We use simulations to test received wisdom on the observational sampling method to use and find that Altmann 1974 was right all along (never bet against Jeanne!). Focal follows capture rare, fleeting behaviours, scans captures long, common behaviours. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 22, June 2026.
SignificanceSex differences are consistently described in the incidence and severity of major depressive disorder. However, the drivers of these disparities are difficult to disentangle. Our model, the Four Core Genotypes mice, allows us to differentiate ...
Most behavioural studies rely on systematic behavioural sampling, as observing and recording all behavioural events that occur is rarely feasible. Cho…
