Freshwater biodiversity, from fish to frogs and microbes to macrophytes, provides a vast
array of services to people. Mounting concerns focus on the accelerating pace of biodiversity …

The social environment is one of the primary sources of challenging stimuli that can induce a
stress response in animals. It comprises both short-term and stable interactions among …

Groups of animals can perform highly coordinated collective behaviours that confer benefits
to the participating individuals by facilitating social information exchange and protection from …

Theoretical physics predicts optimal information processing in living systems near transitions
(or pseudo-critical points) in their collective dynamics. However, focusing on potential …

The collective dynamics of self-organised systems emerge from the decision rules agents
use to respond to each other and to external forces. This is evident in groups of animals …

Collective behaviours, such as flocking in birds or decision making by bee colonies, are
some of the most intriguing behavioural phenomena in the animal kingdom. The study of …

Intelligent escape is an interdisciplinary field that employs artificial intelligence (AI)
techniques to enable robots with the capacity to intelligently react to potential dangers in …

This study aims to present a novel flocking algorithm for robotic fish that will aid the study of
fish in their natural environment. The algorithm, fish-inspired robotic algorithm (FIRA) …

Variation between individuals is a key component of selection and hence evolutionary
change. Social interactions are important drivers of variation, potentially making behaviour …

Ecosystems around the world are increasingly polluted with pharmaceutical compounds that
may perturb wildlife behaviour. Because many pharmaceuticals are continuously present in …