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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 1d

In the Guardian, Meg Crofoot weighs in (on behalf of wild animals) on our current obsession: healthy sleep.

Piece by @sarahsloat.bsky.social

@meg-crofoot.bsky.social @livingingroups.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de

www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

My pet sleeps all day and all night. Is that normal?

Understanding pet sleep can help us support our furry family and create a more restful home for everyone

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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 1d

Interested in a PhD in quantitative animal behavior? Applications are open through October for PhD projects starting in 2026: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/32524/apply

For an inside look at the projects, let our doctoral students be your guide 👇

Videos by @alexhhchan.bsky.social

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 2d

Huge congratulations to this year's winners of the #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine: Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell & Shimon Sakaguchi! 🏆The trio's groundbreaking work on peripheral immune tolerance is paving the way for crucial new treatments for cancer & autoimmunity. 🧬

Nobel prize in medicine awarded to scientists for immune system research

Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi worked on how the immune system can be prevented from harming the body

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 3d

Join in the excitement this week 🤩The #NobelPrizes in Physiology or #Medicine, #Physics, and #Chemistry will be announced on Monday (11:30 a.m.), Tuesday (11:45 a.m.), and Wednesday (11:45 a.m. CEST). Live -> www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 2d

Take a look at these videos from #IMPRS-QBEE doctoral students.

They take you behind the scenes into PhD research @uni-konstanz.de and #MPI-AB.

Paragliding! VR! Spelunking! And more adventures in quantitative behavior.

New episodes every Monday.

IMPRS-QBEE @imprs-qbee.bsky.social · 9d

NEW VIDEO SERIES!!

What can human paragliders tell us about soaring flight of large birds?

IMPRS student Christin Albrecht working eith Dr. Hannah Williams tells us about her work on paragliders

New videos every Monday!

youtube.com/shorts/qgTbP...

Christin Albrecht | Collective behavior in soaring flight

YouTube video by Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

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Ari Strandburg-Peshkin @arispeshkin.bsky.social · 5d

⭐PhD position available!⭐
Come join us @imprs-qbee.bsky.social to study communication and collective behavior in animal groups! We're looking for someone excited to use computational approaches to tackle biological questions, using our full-group tracking datasets
imprs-qbee.mpg.de/121465/analy...

Analysis of communication and collective behavior in animal groups

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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 5d

Inkspo 👇

Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · 5d

Day three of #Inktober!

How to say a Sorex araneus from a Sorex coronatus?

Well, the #crown is telling!

A page of a notebook with a drawing of three shrews, one wearing a crown. On the top left of the image, next to the notebook, Otto the dog looks at the camera

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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 5d

The MaxCine Festival kicks off!

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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 9d

Take note, repost far and wide. The Dechmann Lab are hiring ✨

Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · 21d

PhD Alert! 😍 Our lab is hiring a PhD student to study how shrews shrink in winter and grow in spring. Yes, you read that right!
tinyurl.com/shrinkingshr...
Join us at the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, study a super cool animal, and join the @imprs-qbee.bsky.social community!

DM me for questions!

Seasonal size change and aging in shrews

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Javier Lazaro - illustration @lazaroillustration.bsky.social · 20d

Working on the next piece of the "animals in the move" series for @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
#art #sciart #bats 🦇

black and white illustration of flying bats and moths

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Universität Konstanz @uni-konstanz.de · 19d

MaxCine Festival | 3.-5.10. | Möggingen-Radolfzell: MaxCine, das Zentrum für Kommunikation und Austausch am
@mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
in Radolfzell, feiert sein 15-jähriges Bestehen. Es bietet spannende Veranstaltungen mit Wissenschaftler:innen des MPI: t1p.de/e8gw1 @cbehav.bsky.social

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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 26d

Happy Birthday MaxCine 🎂
This October, MaxCine celebrates 15 years of inspiring young scientists. Join us to celebrate this achievement at the MAXCINE FESTIVAL: three days of science, art, ideas, and community. Come in person or participate online. Talks are FREE. Registrations are open👉 maxcine.de

The BeeMarie in front of MaxCine, Radofzell, Germany

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 26d

New blog post alert!🚨 Citizen scientist coders for wildlife conservation – a MoveApps story

Find out more about the collaboration between the MoveApps team, academic ecologists and volunteer coders 👇

#move_apps #mpiab @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @moveapps.bsky.social

buff.ly/56Wuiuc

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Sep 1

The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...

Group photo of postdocs conducting research at a Max Planck Institute

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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · Sep 1

Scientists discover the secret behind the shrew’s amazing ability to shrink their brains 🧠

The clever trick sheds unwanted weight without compromising too much on cognition.

Find the 5-letter word 👇

Study by @cecibaldoni.bsky.social Dechmann Lab #shrewcrew et al

www.ab.mpg.de/743885/news_...

Rare seasonal brain shrinkage in shrews is driven by water loss, not cell death

Common shrews are one of only a handful of mammals known to flexibly shrink and regrow their brains. This rare seasonal cycle, known as Dehnel’s phenomenon, has puzzled scientists for decades. A study...

www.ab.mpg.de

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Javier Lazaro - illustration @lazaroillustration.bsky.social · Aug 28

Detail of two hyenas
#SciArt
@mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

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Sonya Pashchevskaya @sonya-ofthejungle.bsky.social · Aug 31

Also many thanks to @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, @imprs-qbee.bsky.social and @daadworldwide.bsky.social who make my research, travels and said Gala dinners possible!

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Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · Sep 1

The secret to shrew brain shrinkage? 🤔
Not cell loss, but water loss!
Our new paper shows that brain cells shrink by losing water, a wild feat of brain plasticity 🤯

Check the paper!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @labdavalos.bsky.social @batichica.bsky.social

Programmed seasonal brain shrinkage in the common shrew via water loss without cell death

Brain plasticity, the brain’s inherent ability to adapt its structure and function, is crucial for responding to environmental challenges but is usual…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Diego Ellis Soto @diegoellissoto.bsky.social · Aug 19

Initiatives such as the Icarus Initiative from @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @animaltracking.bsky.social are pioneering future efforts to understand where, when and how animals struggle and die in particular areas and context: www.ab.mpg.de/669445/icaru...

Introducing: the ICARUS birds project

The Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior is launching a new project — ICARUS Birds — to investigate why we are losing birds that were once common in our gardens and forests.

www.ab.mpg.de

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Universität Konstanz @uni-konstanz.de · Aug 27

MELA — a short documentary on the Mating Ecology of Lek Breeding Antelope — takes you behind the scenes of an interdisciplinary #UniKonstanz @cbehav.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social research journey. This film reveals how science is done, shared, and lived: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i4d...

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Daniele Carlesso @danielecarlesso.bsky.social · Aug 12

In humans, bigger teams often mean less effort per person — the #Ringelmann effect. Weaver #ants 🐜 flip the script: #teamwork makes them superefficient!

Video + paper out now in Current Biology!
@cellpress.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/44yrvp6m
tinyurl.com/3jnnevfn

Superefficient teamwork in weaver ants / Curr. Biol., Aug. 12, 2025 (Vol. 35, Issue 17)

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · Aug 5

New work led by Martina Scacco @safilab.bsky.social and Tom Carrard @ethz.ch in collaboration with the Swiss Ornithological Institute and the Konrad Lorenz Institute ⬇️

Swiss Ornithological Institute @vogelwarte.bsky.social · Aug 4

Combining high-resolution atmospheric analysis and global positioning system tracking data, @matthiastschumi.bsky.social and his team explored the role of gravity waves in soaring golden eagles, with results supporting the regular use of these waves. Read more here: doi.org/10.1098/rsif...

Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos by Marcel Burkhardt

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Pranav Minasandra @pminasandra.bsky.social · Jul 30

Unser Studie zu Verhaltenssequenzen wurde auf YT Channel MitWissen vorgestellt: youtu.be/5fT-lwwfmZE

MitWissen (auf Deutsch) wird von meiner Kollegin @cinig.bsky.social betrieben.
Schaut euch das Video an und abonniert gerne ihren Channel!

Welche Gemeinsamkeit haben Hyänen, Erdmännchen und Nasenbären?

YouTube video by MitWissen

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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thanks for your interest. This website has more information and the email to contact the organizers app.wildlifeinsights.org/initiatives/....

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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · Jul 30

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Javier Lazaro - illustration @lazaroillustration.bsky.social · Jul 23

I love to see how @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social uses my illustrations to announce their events!
They actually commissioned this illustration specifically for posters :)
#SciArt #mammals #primates

poster of a seminar series with an illustration of bonobos in the background

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