Why do captive‐reared fishes generally have lower fitness in natural environments than wild
conspecifics, even when the hatchery fishes are derived from wild parents from the local …

Almost all animal social groups show some form of fission–fusion dynamics, whereby group
membership is not spatio‐temporally stable. These dynamics have major implications at …

Social organisation in animals takes many forms. It includes assemblages of territorial
animals, dominance hierarchies and social groups, among other things. The basic tenet that …

In the second edition of this fascinating book an international team of experts have been
brought together to explore all major areas of fish learning, including: Foraging skills …

Zebrafish has been in the forefront of developmental biology and genetics, but only recently
has interest in their behavior increased. Zebrafish are small and prolific, which lends this …

China appears to have constrained transmission of COVID-19 outside of Hubei Provence
through rapid and intensive containment and mitigation interventions. Most countries only …

The biological mechanisms of human social behavior are complex. Animal models may
facilitate the understanding of these mechanisms and may help one to develop treatment …

The extreme body sizes of megafishes associated with their high commercial values and
recreational interests have made them highly threatened in their native range worldwide by …

Skew in the operational sex ratio of a population can have important consequences for
mating competition and typically results in differential mating success. Population density …

This chapter outlines the relationships between a number of key factors that influence
learning and memory, and illustrates them by reference to studies on the foraging behaviour …