Abstract. Variation in daylight hours may shape light-dependent behaviours both across seasons and among latitudinally distinct breeding colonies. We inves

Collective vigilance describes how animals in groups benefit from the predator detection efforts of others. Empirical observations typically find e...

Conventions can be defined as arbitrary and self-sustaining practices that emerge in a population and facilitate solving coordination problems. A recent study traced the formation of simple convention...

Larger flocks of migrating songbirds orient more accurately toward their population’s migratory direction than smaller flocks.

Summary: A fine-scale displacement of Manx shearwaters, a wide-ranging pelagic seabird, reveals that they preferentially adopt shorter homing routes following release at proximal sites, demonstrating ...

Abstract. In both humans and non-human animals, collectives can sometimes overcome individual cognitive biases or shortcomings to execute more rational beh

Abstract. In both humans and non-human animals, collectives can sometimes overcome individual cognitive biases or shortcomings to execute more rational beh

Scientific Reports - Collective route memories emerge through differential forgetting of navigational information in homing pigeons

Scientific Reports - Collective route memories emerge through differential forgetting of navigational information in homing pigeons