Studying animal behavior as collective phenomena is a powerful tool for understanding
social processes, including group coordination and decision-making. However, linking …

GPS‐based tracking is widely used for studying wild social animals. Much like traditional
observational methods, using GPS devices requires making a number of decisions about …

Multilevel societies (MLSs), where social levels are hierarchically nested within each other,
are considered one of the most complex forms of animal societies. Although thought to …

In various animal species conspecifics aggregate at sleeping sites. Such aggregations can
act as information centres where individuals acquire up‐to‐date knowledge about their …

How individuals' prior experience and population evolutionary history shape emergent
patterns in animal collectives remains a major gap in the study of collective behaviour. One …

Dominance is important for access to resources. As dominance interactions are costly,
individuals should be strategic in whom they interact with. One hypothesis is that individuals …

Deciding where to forage must not only account for variations in habitat quality but also
where others might forage. Recent studies have suggested that when individuals remember …

Supplemental feeding is a common soft‐release strategy for increasing settlement, survival,
and breeding in animals after translocation. However, supplemental feeding can also hinder …

Abstract Research Highlight: Mistrick, J., Veitch, JSM, Kitchen, SM, Clague, S., Newman, BC,
Hall, RJ, Budischak, SA, Forbes, KM, & Craft, ME (2024). Effects of food supplementation …

Public donations are an important form of fundraising for zoos and are used to support
conservation activities. Understanding what influences zoo animal sponsorship by the public …