Understanding how animals think, learn and interact with one another can inform the science of ecology, as predator and prey shape their world.
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Lyrebirds learn their songs from other lyrebirds. But when they’re raised in captivity, they learn our songs and sounds.
Octopus build cities, establish hierarchies and show social group behaviours. Domesticating will mean creating a new kind of octopus, with ecological and ethical implications.
To a group of hungry killer whales, a longline fishing boat looks like an all-you-can-eat buffet.
Move over, bin chickens: bin cockies are here, and scientists say they’re confirming the cultural intelligence hypothesis.
Humans aren’t the only animals to learn survival tricks from each other.
Our closest relatives show distinct cultural behaviour in different populations. But those differences are being erased.
Different clicking sounds can’t be explained by genetics or different environments – the whales are learning from their relatives.
Principais colaboradores
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Reader in Biology, University of St Andrews
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Professor of Marine Sustainability, Technical University of Denmark
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Honorary Lecturer, University of Exeter
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Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Liverpool John Moores University
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Asso. Professor in Anthropology, University College London, UCL
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Research Fellow, Primate Models for Behavioural Evolution Lab, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Research Centre for Future Landscapes, La Trobe University
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Adjunct associate and ecological research scientist, University of Sydney
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Researcher, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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Behavioural and cognitive ecologist, Australian National University
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Professor, Philosophy, York University, Canada
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University
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Adjunct Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
