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Monday, 27. February 2023

Swarm research for Terra X

Three researchers from the University of Konstanz involved as experts in the documentary series Schlaue Schwärme
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Tuesday, 14. February 2023

Why selfishness can lead to fairness

Physicists at the University of Konstanz's Cluster of Excellence "Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour" confirm a 50-year-old hypothesis about why selfish behaviour leads to the formation of herds.
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Monday, 09. January 2023

When rescuing bats becomes a way of life

Biologist Alona Prylutska and her colleagues from the “Ukrainian Bat Rehabilitation Center” in Kharkiv work hard every day to save bats. The war is making their work difficult – but they are keeping it up nevertheless.
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Wednesday, 21. December 2022

Collective eating

What connects humans and bonobos during collective eating? A conversation about rituals, rules, and feasts with behavioural ecologist Barbara Fruth and health psychologist Britta Renner.
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Monday, 28. November 2022

Herd & Hovering: Artists inspired by science

How do artists respond to the behaviour of herds of hoofed animals like zebras or antelopes? The art exhibition "Herd & Hovering" in the foyer of the University of Konstanz adopts scientific findings of animal behaviour research in artistic design – from 3D animations to fashion.
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Thursday, 24. November 2022

For the fifth time in a row: Iain Couzin honoured as a…

Five questions about the number five with the renowned collective behaviour researcher.
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Wednesday, 16. November 2022

What Darwin would discover today

© Victor Rault / Captain Darwin

Biologist Eduardo Sampaio researched octopuses off Cape Verde. He participated in a Citizen Science-led expedition that retraced the journey of Charles Darwin.
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Thursday, 10. November 2022

Podcast "Die Grüne Lupe Konstanz"

© Stefan Greitemeier

Climate protection award of the Konstanz district presented to Luisa Hoffmann and Meike Hein from the University of Konstanz for their sustainability podcast.
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Monday, 05. September 2022

Honeybees are less likely to sting in larger groups

© Elisabeth Böker

To sting or not to sting? An alarm pheromone plays a decisive role in bees' willingness to sting - and their group size, as scientists from Constance have now shown
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Friday, 19. August 2022

Keep the beat!

© Amiyaal Ilany

Rhythmic accuracy pays off, as researchers from Konstanz (Germany) and Israel show in their behavioural study on the courtship song of the rock hyrax. Males that sang more often and kept the beat with greater precision had higher reproductive success than their less rhythmically accurate peers.
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