Living organisms are far superior to state-of-the-art robots as they have evolved a wide
number of capabilities that far encompass our most advanced technologies. The merging of …

The zebrafish represents an excellent compromise between system complexity and practical
simplicity, features that make it useful for modeling and mechanistic analysis of complex …

In recent years, simple biomimetic robots have been increasingly used in biological studies
to investigate social behavior, for example collective movement. Nevertheless, a big …

There is a spectrum of approaches to neurotoxicological science from high-throughput in
vitro cell-based assays, through a variety of experimental animal models to human …

Invasive alien species threaten biodiversity worldwide and contribute to biotic
homogenization, especially in freshwaters, where the ability of native animals to disperse is …

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) constitutes a valuable experimental species for the study of the
biological determinants of emotional responses, such as fear and anxiety. Fear-related test …

The use of robotics to establish social interactions between animals and robots, represents
an elegant and innovative method to investigate animal behaviour. However, robots are still …

In the field of animal behavior, effective methods to apprehend causal relationships that
underlie the interactions between animals are in dire need. How to identify a leader in a …

Collective behavior based on self-organization has been observed in populations of animals
from insects to vertebrates. These findings have motivated engineers to investigate …

Escape and surveillance responses to predators are lateralized in several vertebrate
species. However, little is known on the laterality of escapes and predator surveillance in …