Myriads of organisms migrate. We strive to predict animal decisions on their journeys, interactions with environment, and consequences on ecosystems and humans.
Radolfzell, Germany
Joined December 2013
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We migrated - be sure to find us at @animaltracking.bsky.social
📷Christian Ziegler
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Hello! The Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior has moved to Bluesky. Follow us at
mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/mpi-animalb…
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🎉Congartulations to Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldons 👩🎓, who defended her thesis "From summer growth to winter decline: brain size, captive effect, and cognitive outcomes in the common shrew during Dehnel's phenomenon" with @martinwikelski, @DinaDechmann, and Dominik von Elverfeldt
ALT @martinwikelski, @DinaDechmann, @cecibaldons, Dominik von Elverfeldt
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BREAKING!! Two books by #mpiab authors have been shortlisted for "Best Science Book of 2025" by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research in Austria😃
Public voting is open until 9 Jan ➡️wissenschaftsbuch.at/
Two books we need to understand the world we share👇
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#Halloween comes to @mpicbg. First science, #bats (of course), by @DinaDechmann @MPI_animalbehav. Full house (of course). Organized by our amazing #Postdocs, of course. The afternoon/evening will be wild! 🦇🎃👻💀 – at Dresden, Germany
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Need a gift idea? Our book "Salvatore and the Goats of Mount Etna" is now available in the UK, US, and Canada!
Suitable for kids aged 5-8 (and for all of us who believe we can listen to animals).
Buy the book by Uschi Muller @GreystoneKids here ➡️outpage.co/9176685871377
🥳 Our kids book is out!! 🎉
Uschi Müller proves that you’re never too young for #biologging 🐐🌋📡
@animaltracking #icarus
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Latest magazine feature from @zieglerphoto1 is out in National Geographic 🥳
Read about the secret strength of cacti and see beautiful photos by Christian and Victor Ammann shot in Mexico 🌵🏜️
nationalgeographic.com/scien…
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Pokrovsky et al. (2024) Foxtrot migration and dynamic over-wintering range of an Arctic raptor @eLife doi.org/10.7554/eLife.87668.… | @tundroved @MPI_animalbehav @animaltracking @CurkTeja | #ornithology #birdmigration
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This blog post tells the #storybehindthepaper and shows how vegetation structure influences hornbill movement decisions and resulting patterns of seed dispersal. 🌱
buff.ly/3C4dSFf
@razorbill10, @ElsaOrdway, @animaltracking, @AntonioBAFerraz
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🥳 Our kids book is out!! 🎉
Uschi Müller proves that you’re never too young for #biologging 🐐🌋📡
@animaltracking #icarus
Based on a true story, Salvatore and the Goats of Mount Etna captures the incredible science of animal senses, and the surprising ways they can help us.
Available in the UK this week, Oct 24, and North America on Nov 5!🐐💙
@MPI_animalbehav #newkidsbook #icarus #childrensbook
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📢Pls RT
Looking for a #PhD in #quantitative #biology #evolution or #ecology? Or know someone who is?
Applications are open for PhDs starting 2025 @UniKonstanz @imprs_qbee
#locusts
#moths
#meerkats
#lemurs
#hyenas
#nematodes
#baboons
Need we say more?
➡️imprs-qbee.mpg.de/66685/curr…
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You know it's October when references to Halloween begin 🎃👻
Bats, of course, are the stars. Go to the dark side tomorrow with an online talk about bats @stri_panama
Rachel Page, Teague O'Mara + @dechmannlab discuss their book with📸by @zieglerphoto1
libraryc.org/mcpl/57523
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Do animals have better societies than humans?
@MegCrofoot @livingingroups answers this timely question in a thoughtful doco @ARTEde
(Language is 🇩🇪 but captions can be set to English)
@UniKonstanz @CBehav
arte.tv/de/videos/115510-007…
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Our first golden eagle study @safilabmpi is published in @eLife! We propose using the ecological niche concept to discuss energy landscape variations, and show that for golden eagles, the realized energy landscape expands with age elifesciences.org/articles/9…
ALT D. Folkesson
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Snell, Aldará, Hammer, Thorup doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2…
Thermal stress during incubation in an arctic breeding seabird.
@KRSSnell, @sjurdur, @MPI_animalbehav, @BirdMigrLab, @UCPH_Research, @UniKonstanz
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Help us improve the usability of MoveApps! We would love to get your feedback here (will only take you 5 mins): survey.academiccloud.de/inde…
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Have a look at our brand new tutorials on how to analyze data and how to create an App on MoveApps: docs.moveapps.org/#/video_tu…
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New study on blackbird migration by @nilslinek @scottyanco is out today and covered by @NYTScience 🐦⬛🐦⬛🐦⬛
Read the MS @NatureEcoEvo nature.com/articles/s41559-0…
Congrats to the team @animaltracking
nytimes.com/2024/09/18/scien…
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Even the mighty eagle has to learn to fly, optimising the extraction of atmospheric energy with experience published in @eLife. Only through time they unravel the full potential of their morphing energy landscapes. @elham_nourani @Vogelwarte_scie @animaltracking
Our first golden eagle study @safilabmpi is published in @eLife! We propose using the ecological niche concept to discuss energy landscape variations, and show that for golden eagles, the realized energy landscape expands with age elifesciences.org/articles/9…
ALT D. Folkesson