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Is bigger always better? For social animals, group size is a dilemma: big groups face more internal competition, yet hold an edge over smaller neighbors. 33 years of data on 12 wild capuchin groups reveals how these forces shape behavior. Out today in *Nat Eco & Evo*: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New mechanism for magnetic sensing in pigeons 🧭
Homing pigeons use magnetically responsive immune cells in their livers to sense Earth’s magnetic field, helping them navigate without visual cues like the sun.
Published in Science: doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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Our second ICARUS system is in space 🚀🛰️
At 9am PT, a Falcon 9 rocket left Earth from California, taking an ICARUS payload with it. This is the beginning of ICARUS 2.0—independent, robust, real-time—with more ICARUS satellites to come.
Read more▶️https://tinyurl.com/mw48c398
📸 Space X, EnduroSat
Wild meat is central to Central African communities. It's food, income, status. It's also unsustainable. How can conservation be balanced with food security?
In Nature, Mattia Bessone @cbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de et al. offer solutions for sustainable management
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It takes decades to see how climatic cycles interact with the social dynamics of animal societies.
Now a 33-year dataset of 12 capuchin groups + satellite environmental data has an answer.
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Out now in @ecol-evol.bsky.social. Vector use in sympatric #Caenorhabditis nematodes. We document associations between three Caen. species and their dispersal vectors, finally name C. sp. 8 -> C. apta, and infer that C. apta may have spread with the invasive #beetle, Stelidota geminata doi.org/q5tq
An internal compass: #pigeons use magnetically responsive immune cells in their livers to sense Earth’s magnetic field, helping them navigate without visual cues like the sun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s8i... @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @science.org
A new satellite for #wildlife monitoring – a research project by the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior – aims to combat #poaching in Africa. www.bbc.com/future/artic... @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
Ecology of Animal Societies
As climate change intensifies, scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about how animals will cope with a more unpredictable world. One way to gain insight is by studying how animals have alrea...
We show evidence for differential host use among the three sympatric Caenorhabditis, and a novel association with nitidulid beetles for C. apta sp. n. This information adds to our understanding of ho....
