Environmental enrichment is a simple and effective means of improving animal welfare in
any species–companion, farm, laboratory and zoo. For many years, it has been a popular …

Freshwater fish are a highly threatened group and recovery of these threatened species is
an increasingly difficult ecological and social challenge. There are many different on-ground …

When individuals find themselves in single or mixed-species aggregations, opportunities
arise for information to be transferred from one individual to another. In the context of …

Social learning is taxonomically widespread and can provide distinct behavioural
advantages, such as in finding food or avoiding predators more efficiently. Although …

The success of current fish restocking efforts is often hampered by poor poststocking survival
of hatchery-reared juveniles. As a result of hatchery selection, combined with a lack of …

During settlement, one of the main threats faced by individuals relates to their ability to
detect and avoid predators. Information on predator identities can be gained either through …

The ability of prey to observe and learn to recognize potential predators from the behaviour
of nearby individuals can dramatically increase survival and, not surprisingly, is widespread …

European sea bass aquaculture is so recent that very little is known on the effects of the
early steps of its domestication. Behavioural parameters are sensitive indicators of the …

Social animals acquire information on predator identities through social learning, where
individuals with no prior experience learn from experienced members of the group …

Prey incorporate multiple forms of publicly available information on predation risk into threat-
sensitive antipredator behaviours. Changes in information availability have previously been …