Collective behaviours, such as flocking in birds or decision making by bee colonies, are
some of the most intriguing behavioural phenomena in the animal kingdom. The study of …

The dynamic patterns and coordinated motion displayed by groups of social animals are a
beautiful example of self-organization in natural far-from-equilibrium systems. Recent …

Collective behavior spans several orders of magnitude of biological organization, from cell
colonies to flocks of birds. We used time-resolved tracking of individual glioblastoma cells to …

A single sheepdog can bring together and manoeuvre hundreds of sheep from one location
to another. Engineers and ecologists are fascinated by this sheepdog herding because of …

Complex patterns of collective behaviour may emerge through self-organization, from local
interactions among individuals in a group. To understand what behavioural rules underlie …

Bird flocks under predation demonstrate complex patterns of collective escape. These
patterns may emerge by self-organization from local interactions among group-members …

Most studies of collective animal behaviour rely on short-term observations, and
comparisons of collective behaviour across different species and contexts are rare. We …

Collective behaviour is typically thought to arise from individuals following fixed interaction
rules. The possibility that interaction rules may change under different circumstances has …

During mating season, males of synchronous firefly species flash in unison within swarms of
thousands of individuals. These strongly correlated collective displays have inspired …

Collective behaviour can be difficult to discern because it is not limited to animal
aggregations such as flocks of birds and schools of fish wherein individuals spontaneously …