Flocks of birds, schools of fish, and insect swarms are examples of the coordinated motion of
a group that arises spontaneously from the action of many individuals. Here, we study …

A widely mentioned but not experimentally confirmed view (known as the 'criticality
hypothesis') argues that biological swarm systems gain optimal responsiveness to …

Travelling in groups gives animals opportunities to share route information by following cues
from each other's movement. The outcome of group navigation will depend on how …

Pairwise particle interactions arise in diverse physical systems ranging from insect swarms
to self-assembly of nanoparticles. In the presence of long-range attraction and short-range …

Group‐hunting is ubiquitous across animal taxa and has received considerable attention in
the context of its functions. By contrast much less is known about the mechanisms by which …

Social synchrony (SS) is an emergent phenomenon in human society. People often mimic
others which, over time, can result in large groups behaving similarly. Drawing from prior …

Collective animal behaviour is often modeled by systems of agents that interact via effective
social forces, including short-range repulsion and long-range attraction. We search for …

Zebrafish are rapidly emerging as a powerful model organism in hypothesis-driven studies
targeting a number of functional and dysfunctional processes. Mathematical models of …

The collective motion of groups of animals emerges from the net effect of the interactions
between individual members of the group. In many cases, such as birds, fish, or ungulates …

We propose a novel, information-theoretic, characterisation of cascades within the
spatiotemporal dynamics of swarms, explicitly measuring the extent of collective …