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

Abstract. When making a decision, individuals use their private information to evaluate the available options. In a group, they can also learn from other g

Abstract. Moving groups are routinely faced with a choice of different routes as part of their daily lives, such as choosing between exits from a building.

Bluetooth lets us share files and listen to music without wires. But how does it work?

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

Do you have a track record of high‑quality research and a clear vision for developing your profile at an international level? Can you contribute to innovative research‑led teaching and support an exce...

Abstract. IQ-TREE (https://iqtree.github.io/) is a widely used open-source software tool for efficiently inferring phylogenetic trees under maximum likelih

Some seemingly simple sequences of multiplication and addition grow so quickly that they question the very foundations of mathematics. In doing so, they demand a whole new level of logic

Project opportunity - Next Generation Farrington Model for Infection Prevention/Control: A Farrington Algorithm with Spatiotemporal & Adaptive Baseline Capabilities at the University of Leeds

Identification of each animal in a collective becomes possible even when individuals are never all visible simultaneously, enabling faster and more accurate analysis of collective behavior.

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

Mathematician Richard Elwes surveys googology, the study of enormous numbers, in a new book.

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

Complex Systems and Networks (CN)

Join us on 24 March for the upcoming Inaugural Lecture of Richard Mann, Professor of Mathematical Ecology and Evolution in the School of Mathematics.

In its quest to feed, avoid nasty substances and just generally live its life, the brainless, one-celled Physarum polycephalum performs some impressive tricks of learning and memory

Scientists have long been confused about ‘missing’ animal fossils.

Abstract. A somewhat personal account of the development and acceptance of numerical taxonomic methods during the early years of the journal Systematic Zoo

Twenty years after Facebook spread across college campuses, its effects on society remain heavily studied and poorly understood. Little consensus exists over whether it promotes or degrades mental hea...

We demonstrate the existence of a non-terminating game of Beggar-My-Neighbor discovered by lead author Brayden Casella. We detail the method for constructing this game and identify a cyclical struc...

Robustness is better assessed with a few thoughtful models than with billions of regressions

Harmful tipping points in the natural world threaten humanity by disrupting life support systems and societal stability.

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.

npj Climate Action - Mobilising climate action with moral appeals in a smartphone-based 8-week field experiment

This post-publication peer-review was created in collaboration with ChatGPT5.0. “On the Poor Statistical Properties of the P-Curve Meta-Analytic Procedure” by Richard D. Morey & Clintin P. Davis-Stobe...

Abstract. A relationship between the rate of molecular change and diversification has long been discussed, on both theoretical and empirical grounds. Howev

Abstract. A relationship between the rate of molecular change and diversification has long been discussed, on both theoretical and empirical grounds. Howev

Kenyan students have demonstrated how Artificial Intelligence can enhance the study of endangered animals.