Group‐hunting is ubiquitous across animal taxa and has received considerable attention in
the context of its functions. By contrast much less is known about the mechanisms by which …

Learning is ubiquitous in animals: individuals can use their experience to fine-tune
behaviour and thus to better adapt to the environment during their lifetime. Observations …

Size-selective harvesting common to fisheries is known to evolutionarily alter life history and
behavioral traits in exploited fish populations. Changes in these traits may, in turn, modify …

While various marine predators form associations, the most commonly studied are those
between subsurface predators and seabirds, with gulls, shearwaters or terns frequently co …

Social groups repeatedly solving a complex task can improve their collective performance.
To study the mechanisms of collective improvement, we tested the effect of experience on …

Highlights•We modelled collective learning using artificial neural networks.•The passenger-
driver effect emerged: leaders learned more quickly than followers.•We found that in …

The brains of many organisms are capable of complicated distributed computation
underpinned by a highly advanced information processing capacity. Although substantial …

Audio playbacks are a common experimental tool in vocal communication research.
However, low directionality of sound makes it hard to control the audience exposed to the …

Size-selective harvesting evolutionary alters the life-history, behavioural and physiological
traits in exploited fish populations. Changes in these traits may cause alteration in learning …

Impressive feats of long-distance animal navigation raise questions relating to the proximate
causes of such behaviours: what mechanisms facilitate long-distance animal navigation …