More curious: Orangutans in zoos explore more frequently and in more varied ways than those in the wild, including greater ...

A team of biologists and robotic engineers have developed a virtual reality system for fish to decipher how they school; ...

Novel active compounds: The underlying technologies were transferred to the start-up through an exclusive license agreement ...

The study shows that adaptability—i.e., the flexible shift between individual and social learning—is crucial for success.

The study shows that adaptability—i.e., the flexible shift between individual and social learning—is crucial for success. Using new computer-based methods to track gaze data and model decision-making, ...

Biologically speaking, female and male bonobos have a weird relationship. First, there’s the sex. It’s the females who decide when and with whom they mate. They easily parry unwanted sexual ...

The Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (MPI-BGC) in Jena is dedicated to interdisciplinary fundamental research in the field of Earth system sciences with a focus on climate and ecosystems. The ...

In a comprehensive study at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, led by Fragkiskos Darmis, with Anja Guenther and Alexandros Vezyrakis, researchers tracked 244 wild-derived male house ...

The phenome of a plant comprises the entirety of traits expressed at any given time, and is the integrated outcome of the effects of genetic factors, environmental conditions and their complex ...