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Why are volunteers standing under trees at 17 sites in sub-Saharan Africa for months, counting bats? And how is it that fruit bats transport plant seeds over thousands of kilometres?

Bumblebee colonies exposed to glyphosate are significantly affected in times of resource scarcity. Dr Anja Weidenmüller, biologist at the Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour at the University of Konstanz, describes this finding in a study published in the journal Science.

How stress is transmitted from one animal to another is the study topic of behavioural ecologist and collective behaviour researcher Dr Hanja Brandl of the Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour

Why a young scientist is on the search for the Optimal Movement Theory

Learning from others can mitigate risk aversion, even if the others we learn from tend to avoid risky, but profitable decisions themselves. This is shown in mathematical modelling and large-scale online experiments by the social psychologists Dr Wataru Toyokawa and Professor Wolfgang Gaissmaier from the University of Konstanz.

Dr. Yuko Ulrich, a biologist from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, convinced the jury with her research on the interaction between social organization and disease resistance in social insects.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize laureate Iain Couzin talks about research for which he will use the prize money of 2.5 million euros

For the exhibition "Re-Shaping Nature" at the University of Konstanz, scientific data on the movements of animal groups was visualized artistically – from animated posters to virtual reality installations. The opening reception takes place on 13 May 2022 at 15:00.

Men with high blood pressure have a biased recognition of other people’s anger, as shown in a study by Alisa Auer and Professor Petra Wirtz from the Cluster of Excellence "Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour" at the University of Konstanz.