Mobile animal groups provide some of the most compelling examples of self-organization in
the natural world. While field observations of songbird flocks wheeling in the sky or anchovy …

Investigations of collective movement and animal communication have often followed
distinct, though complementary, trajectories. Both subfields are deeply concerned with how …

The patterns and mechanisms of collective decision making in humans and animals have
attracted both empirical and theoretical attention. Of particular interest has been the variety …

Collective conflicts among humans are widespread, although often highly destructive. A
classic explanation for the prevalence of such warfare in some human societies is …

One of the most productive behavioural domains to study visual communication in mammals
is social play. The ability to manage play–fighting interactions can favour the development of …

How does temporally structured private and social information shape collective decisions?
To address this question we consider a network of rational agents who independently …

Animals that travel together in groups must constantly come to consensus about both the
direction and speed of movement, often simultaneously. Contributions to collective decisions …

Highlights•Moving groups must reach speed consensus to retain cohesion and grouping
benefits.•We investigated speed in solo and group flights of homing pigeons using …

Animal vocal communication research traditionally focuses on acoustic and contextual
features of calls, yet substantial information is also contained in response selectivity and …

Collective decisions can emerge from individual-level interactions between members of a
group. These interactions are often seen as social feedback rules, whereby individuals copy …