Group living in animals is a well-studied phenomenon, having been documented
extensively in a wide range of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine species. Although social …

Despite substantial research interest in understanding individual-level consistency in
behavioral attributes, significant knowledge gaps remain across traits and taxa. For …

Highlights•Sharks maintained a small number of preferred associates and were not
gregarious.•Grouping was not strongly explained by nonsocial behaviours or site …

Shark dive ecotourism is a lucrative industry in many regions around the globe. In some
cases, sharks are provisioned using bait, prompting increased research on how baited dives …

Analyses of animal social networks have frequently benefited from techniques derived from
other disciplines. Recently, machine learning algorithms have been adopted to infer social …

Social foraging, where animals forage in groups, takes many forms but is less studied in
marine predators as measuring social associations in the wild is challenging. We used …

Marine predators such as sharks often form single-sex aggregations as part of their diel
behavioral cycle. Such aggregations are potentially driven by contrasting reproductive and …

White sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) are circumglobally distributed large apex predators.
While ecologically important, there is very limited study of their social behaviour. Although …

Complex social networks and behaviors are difficult to observe for free-living marine
species, especially those that move great distances. Using implanted acoustic transceivers …

Investigating individual preferences using Social Network Analysis (SNA) has contributed to
understanding group formations, which hold significant evolutionary value, and the …