We describe a stochastic model that simulates how the behavioural repertoires of animals living in complex and stochastic environments change in response to the changing environment. The model ...

Oikos, Vol. 103, No. 2, Ecology of Long-Distance Movements: Migration and Orientation Performance: A Symposium (Nov., 2003), pp. 333-340 (8 pages) In the Palaearctic-African migration system, birds ...

Heliconius butterflies' brains grew as they adopted a novel foraging behavior, scientists have found. Heliconius butterflies' brains grew as they adopted a novel foraging behaviour, scientists at the ...

Native Australian and introduced species of animals are adapted to severe sodium deficiency. Effects of such a deficiency are aggravated by pregnancy and lactation, and it has been shown that ...

For the first time ever, scientists have uncovered evidence that a species’ long-term adaptation to living in an extremely cold climate has led to the evolution of social behaviours including extended ...

It thus comes as no surprise that the current human-caused climate crisis is reshaping animal physiology. What is climate ...

Behavioral biologists have now been able to demonstrate for the first time that male guinea pigs are still able to adapt their hormone systems to changes in their social environment in adulthood. How ...

Behavioural scientists are increasingly recognizing the need to conduct experiments in the wild to achieve a comprehensive understanding of their species’ behaviour. For domestic dogs (Canis ...

Alison Behie receives funding from The Australian Research Council. Madagascar is an island that’s no stranger to natural disasters, in particular cyclones. This is because it’s located in the ...