Increased urbanization represents a formidable challenge for wildlife. Nevertheless, a few
species appear to thrive in the evolutionarily novel environment created by cities …

Humans have brought about unprecedented changes to environments worldwide. For many
species, behavioral adjustments represent the first response to altered conditions. In this …

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Highly recommended, it is likely to prove one of the most thought-provoking books of the …

While human-induced rapid environmental changes are putting many organisms at risk of
extinction, others are doing better than ever. This raises the question of why organisms differ …

Research on social learning in animals has revealed a rich variety of cases where animals—
from caddis fly larvae to chimpanzees—acquire biologically important information by …

Behavioural innovations have become central to our thinking about how animals adjust to
changing environments. It is now well established that animals vary in their ability to …

It is often assumed in experiments and models that social learning abilities–how often
individuals copy others, plus who and how they copy–are species-typical. Yet there is …

Innovative animals are those able to solve novel problems or invent novel solutions to
existing problems. Despite the important ecological and evolutionary consequences of …

Song learning is a cognitive task in which juvenile birds acquire, store and use information
about adult song to shape their own song production. Comparative studies show that across …

Behavioural innovations may have far-reaching evolutionary and ecological consequences,
allowing individuals to obtain new resources and cope with environmental change …