These five incredible photos from the 2024 edition of The Nature Photography Contest demonstrate collective animal behavior at its finest. In a flock of sheep, survival is a collective effort. Each ...

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Scientists have developed a new method to simulate the complex movements of animals with exceptional accuracy. The research team set out to solve a long-standing challenge in biology -- how to ...

Sometimes the deepest truths are revealed in the silliest photos. Here are 11 perfectly “silly” photos from this year’s Nature’s Best Photography contest. Every year, Nature’s Best Photography ...

For planning animal conservation measures, it is vital to know where endangered species live and how they interact. Ecologists are successfully using tracking technology to learn about the movements ...

Strong methods do exist for measuring animal movement in the context of energy expenditure, but these are limited by the physical size of the equipment used. Now, in a paper published in the Journal ...

Recent advances in accelerometry have transformed the field of animal ecology by enabling the continuous monitoring of fine-scale movement and behaviour in free-ranging species. Accelerometers, often ...

Computer-modeled body movements of a simulated worm (top) and a real worm (bottom). The graphs show body movement patterns over time for both worms (left). On the right, moving images show how closely ...