Filter for Search for news Programme area Programme areaAquatic Biodiversity in the AnthropoceneAquatic Ecosystem Services and SustainabilityDimensions of Complexity of Aquatic Systems Topic TopicAdaptation and evolutionFreshwater ecosystemsBiodiversityEnvironmental changeMultiple stressors and pollutantsWater and matter cyclesUse and managementAquaculture and aquaponicsAnglingBehavioural ecology and swarm intelligence Format Formatpress releaseinsightshort newsfocus Apply 21 - 30 of 30 newsTopic:Behavioural ecology and swarm intelligence 3 September 2018 focus Social individuals find more food How do you find food when the food is never exactly present at the same place or time? Looking at wild guppies, the solution seems to be: being social and surrounding yourself with females. 3 July 2018 press release Spearfishing makes fishes more timid Fisheries scientists have studied the response of fish in the Mediterranean Sea to spearfishing. The fish are able to finely discriminate if divers carry a speargun or not and adjust their escape behaviour. 9 March 2018 short news No sex for all-female fish species They reproduce through gynogenesis. Their offspring are clones of the mother. According to established theories, the Amazon molly should have become extinct a long time ago. Well, why didn’t it? 18 December 2017 short news What are carp doing in the winter? No sign of hibernation: IGB scientistshave compiled movement data on carp behavior in a natural lake. 23 June 2017 press release Understanding animal social networks can aid wildlife conservation The usefulness of animal social network analysis as a conservation tool has not yet been addressed. But the understanding of relationships between animals could be applied by wildlife managers and conservationists to support their work. 17 May 2017 press release Same genes, same environment, different personality: Is individuality unavoidable? Recent findings concerning the behavior of Amazon mollies shed a new light on the question of which factors are responsible for the individuality of vertebrate animals. 17 March 2017 focus “It is an important evolutionary mechanism for fish to have a personality” In an interview, IGB researcher Kate Laskowski explains what we can learn from fish – and reveals why she is particularly fond of a certain fish species. 10 February 2017 press release Together we are unpredictable: why sailfish hunt more successfully as a group New study: Sailfish always hunt in groups containing roughly the same number of individuals that attack from the right as those that attack from the left. In this way, their prey is unable to predict from which side the attack will occur. 30 June 2016 focus From aquariums to lakes: How immigrant animal species manage to escape into the wild Stefan Linzmaier is researching the mechanisms and consequences of invasive species in domestic ecosystems. His thesis is titled "Mechanisms of exploitation and interference competition in a novel invader – the marbled crayfish". 13 August 2015 press release Collective intelligence helps to improve breast cancer diagnosis Breast cancer is the most frequent type of cancer in women and currently accounts for 29% of all new cancer cases in the U.S. Wide-ranging mammography screening programs have been set up for early diagnosis. A new study shows that swarm intelligence can help to considerably improve cancer diagnosis. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3
3 September 2018 focus Social individuals find more food How do you find food when the food is never exactly present at the same place or time? Looking at wild guppies, the solution seems to be: being social and surrounding yourself with females.
3 July 2018 press release Spearfishing makes fishes more timid Fisheries scientists have studied the response of fish in the Mediterranean Sea to spearfishing. The fish are able to finely discriminate if divers carry a speargun or not and adjust their escape behaviour.
9 March 2018 short news No sex for all-female fish species They reproduce through gynogenesis. Their offspring are clones of the mother. According to established theories, the Amazon molly should have become extinct a long time ago. Well, why didn’t it?
18 December 2017 short news What are carp doing in the winter? No sign of hibernation: IGB scientistshave compiled movement data on carp behavior in a natural lake.
23 June 2017 press release Understanding animal social networks can aid wildlife conservation The usefulness of animal social network analysis as a conservation tool has not yet been addressed. But the understanding of relationships between animals could be applied by wildlife managers and conservationists to support their work.
17 May 2017 press release Same genes, same environment, different personality: Is individuality unavoidable? Recent findings concerning the behavior of Amazon mollies shed a new light on the question of which factors are responsible for the individuality of vertebrate animals.
17 March 2017 focus “It is an important evolutionary mechanism for fish to have a personality” In an interview, IGB researcher Kate Laskowski explains what we can learn from fish – and reveals why she is particularly fond of a certain fish species.
10 February 2017 press release Together we are unpredictable: why sailfish hunt more successfully as a group New study: Sailfish always hunt in groups containing roughly the same number of individuals that attack from the right as those that attack from the left. In this way, their prey is unable to predict from which side the attack will occur.
30 June 2016 focus From aquariums to lakes: How immigrant animal species manage to escape into the wild Stefan Linzmaier is researching the mechanisms and consequences of invasive species in domestic ecosystems. His thesis is titled "Mechanisms of exploitation and interference competition in a novel invader – the marbled crayfish".
13 August 2015 press release Collective intelligence helps to improve breast cancer diagnosis Breast cancer is the most frequent type of cancer in women and currently accounts for 29% of all new cancer cases in the U.S. Wide-ranging mammography screening programs have been set up for early diagnosis. A new study shows that swarm intelligence can help to considerably improve cancer diagnosis.
