The study of individual behavioral variation, sometimes called animal personalities or
behavioral types, is now a well-established area of research in behavioral ecology and …

Plasticity-led evolution is central to evolutionary theory. Although challenging to study in
nature, this process may be particularly apparent in novel environments such as cities. We …

An emerging hypothesis of animal personality posits that animals choose the habitat that
best fits their personality, and that the match between habitat and personality can facilitate …

Wildlife living around urbanized areas is often a cause of crucial issues such as zoonosis
and wildlife-vehicle collisions. Despite this, residents hold positive views on the presence of …

Support for the role of sexual selection in speciation has grown over the last 30 years. Work
in this area, however, has largely focused on a single dominant question: when and how do …

Animal personality can be seen as behavioral polymorphism that could play a direct and
active role in driving evolutionary pathways. We argue here that consistent individual …

Behavioral similarity between partners is likely to promote within-pair compatibility and to
result in better reproductive success. Therefore, individuals are expected to choose a …

Successful and cost-effective conservation breeding programs rely largely on animals doing
what should come naturally: mate & reproduce. Behavioral management, especially that …

Highlights•We measured neophobia and innovation in native and invasive common
mynas.•Individuals from the invasion front were the most motorically innovative.•Individuals …

Consistent individual differences in behavior [ie, behavioral types (BTs)], are common
across the animal kingdom. Consistency can make behavior an adaptive trait for mate …