Abstract 450 million years of evolution have given chondrichthyans (sharks, rays and allies)
ample time to adapt perfectly to their respective everyday life challenges and cognitive …

Social aggregation is a widespread and important phenomenon among fishes.
Understanding the questions of why and how aggregations form and are subsequently …

Migration is common in marine animals, 1–5 and use of the map-like information of Earth's
magnetic field appears to play an important role. 2, 6–9 While sharks are iconic migrants 10 …

Highlights•We used acoustic telemetry to record fine scale social dynamics in reef manta
rays.•Social affiliations were assorted into spatial communities.•Social structuring persisted …

Highlights•Behavioural syndromes were inconsistent between subpopulations and years in
sharks.•The subpopulation with the most predators displayed stronger behavioural …

In gregarious animals, social network positions of individuals may influence their life-history
and fitness. Although association patterns and the position of individuals in social networks …

Groups or aggregations of animals can result from individuals being attracted to a common
resource or because of synchronised patterns of daily or seasonal activity. Although mostly …

Over the last decade, the study of shark biology has benefited from the development,
refinement, and rapid expansion of novel techniques and advances in technology. These …

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

To adapt to their environment, organisms can either directly interact with their surroundings
or use social information (ie information provided by neighbouring individuals). Social …