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When we make decisions, we are often guided by the opinions and experiences of those around us. Yet we actually have quite different preferences, tastes and goals. An international research team led by the Universities of Tübingen and Konstanz investigated how we learn from others despite individual differences. The scientists found that humans tend to treat social information as a recommendation – with some scepticism. They also use it to save themselves costly exploration. The results open up…

Six researchers from the University of Konstanz's Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour offered an exciting week of teaching in Prishtina.

Scientists have made extraordinary discoveries about how otherwise-solitary octopuses and various fish species coordinate their hunts: fish serve as guides, finding prey and flagging its location, and the octopus uses its flexible arms to capture the hidden prey. This research, led by experts from the Cluster of Excellence Collective Behaviour at the University of Konstanz and the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, unveils the remarkable interplay and functional dynamics within these…

Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence "Collective Behaviour" at the University of Konstanz have discovered when pigeons sharply recognize a predator and at what moment they take flight.

Konstanz health psychologist Britta Renner co-chairs the platform on food and agriculture at the German government's Digital Summit.

How do bees navigate when the directions in the waggle dances by other bees are fuzzy? Dive into the intriguing research on bee behaviour, which occurs on the campus at the University Konstanz, to find out this research question.

Group sleeping can impact when animals sleep, how long they sleep for, and how deeply they sleep. For example, groups of meerkats time their sleep according to “sleep traditions”; olive baboons sleep less when their group size increases; bumblebees suppress sleep in the presence of offspring; and co-sleeping mice can experience synchronized REM sleep. To fully understand both sleep and animal social structures, we need to pay more attention to the “social side” of sleep, animal behaviourists…

Thejasvi Beleyur and Jonas Kuckling from the Cluster of Excellence "Collective Behaviour" at the University of Konstanz receive funding from the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung in the amount of 1.5 million euros each.

How do animals perceive the world? The exhibition by media artists Kristin Jakubek and Leon Brandt questions our human-centric view of the world and will be on display in the Bürgersaal Konstanz from 6-8 September 2024. Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence Collective Behaviour at the University of Konstanz supported the creation of the artwork with scientific research findings and will engage in a public exchange with the artists in a panel discussion on 6 September 2024 at 6 pm.