Over the past years, numerous methods have emerged to automate the quantification of
animal behavior at a resolution not previously imaginable. This has opened up a new field of …

Highlights•Deep neural networks are shattering performance benchmarks in computer
vision for various tasks.•Using modern deep learning approaches (DNNs) in the lab is a …

Automated visual tracking of animals is rapidly becoming an indispensable tool for the study
of behavior. It offers a quantitative methodology by which organisms' sensing and decision …

Animal behaviour is remarkably sensitive to disruption by chemical pollution, with
widespread implications for ecological and evolutionary processes in contaminated wildlife …

Well-quantified laboratory studies can provide a fundamental understanding of animal
behavior in ecology, ethology and ecotoxicology research. These types of studies require …

Abstract Markerless three-dimensional (3D) pose estimation has become an indispensable
tool for kinematic studies of laboratory animals. Most current methods recover 3D poses by …

Monitoring animals in their natural habitat is essential for advancement of animal
behavioural studies, especially in pollination studies. Non-invasive techniques are preferred …

Animal movement studies are conducted to monitor ecosystem health, understand
ecological dynamics, and address management and conservation questions. In marine …

The dynamics and connectivity of neural circuits continuously change on timescales ranging
from milliseconds to an animal's lifetime. Therefore, to understand biological networks …

In a recent editorial, the Editors-in-Chief of Journal of Experimental Biology argued that
consensus building, data sharing, and better integration across disciplines are needed to …