Moving animal groups display remarkable feats of coordination. This coordination is largely
achieved when individuals adjust their movement in response to their neighbours' …

Individuals of gregarious species often group with conspecifics to which they are
phenotypically similar. This among-group assortment has been studied for body size, sex …

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 …

There is increasing evidence that animal groups can maintain coordinated behaviour and
make collective decisions based on simple interaction rules. Effective collective action may …

Hierarchical organization is widespread in the societies of humans and other animals, both
in social structure and in decision-making contexts. In the case of collective motion, the …

Collective behavior affords several advantages to fish in avoiding predators, foraging,
mating, and swimming. Although fish schools have been traditionally considered egalitarian …

The question of whether outstanding leaders are born or made has been debated for years.
There are numerous examples of historical figures that came naturally to leadership, while …

Individuals vary in the extent to which they associate with conspecifics, but little is known
about the energetic underpinnings of this variation in sociability. Group‐living allows …

There have been many investigations into consistent, individual differences in behavior
(animal personalities), but rather less attention has been given to the possibility that …

While collective movement is ecologically widespread and conveys numerous benefits on
individuals, it also poses a coordination problem: who controls the group's movements? The …