Filter for Search for news Programme area Programme area1) Biodiversity in a Changing World2) Ecosystem Services for a Sustainable Future3) Dimensions of Complexity of Aquatic Systems4) Predictive Ecology in the Anthropocene Topic TopicAdaptation and evolutionFreshwater habitatsClimate and environmental changePollutants and matter cyclesWater in the landscapeFreshwater management and conservationFisheriesFish behaviour and swarm intelligence Format Formatpress releaseinsightshort newsfocus Apply 31 - 35 of 35 itemsTopic:Fish behaviour and swarm intelligence 17 May 2017 press release Same genes, same environment, different personality: Is individuality unavoidable? Recent findings concerning the behavior of Amazon mollies shed a new light on the question of which factors are responsible for the individuality of vertebrate animals. 17 March 2017 focus “It is an important evolutionary mechanism for fish to have a personality” In an interview, IGB researcher Kate Laskowski explains what we can learn from fish – and reveals why she is particularly fond of a certain fish species. 10 February 2017 press release Together we are unpredictable: why sailfish hunt more successfully as a group New study: Sailfish always hunt in groups containing roughly the same number of individuals that attack from the right as those that attack from the left. In this way, their prey is unable to predict from which side the attack will occur. 30 June 2016 focus From aquariums to lakes: How immigrant animal species manage to escape into the wild Stefan Linzmaier is researching the mechanisms and consequences of invasive species in domestic ecosystems. His thesis is titled "Mechanisms of exploitation and interference competition in a novel invader – the marbled crayfish". 13 August 2015 press release Collective intelligence helps to improve breast cancer diagnosis Breast cancer is the most frequent type of cancer in women and currently accounts for 29% of all new cancer cases in the U.S. Wide-ranging mammography screening programs have been set up for early diagnosis. A new study shows that swarm intelligence can help to considerably improve cancer diagnosis. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Current page 4
17 May 2017 press release Same genes, same environment, different personality: Is individuality unavoidable? Recent findings concerning the behavior of Amazon mollies shed a new light on the question of which factors are responsible for the individuality of vertebrate animals.
17 March 2017 focus “It is an important evolutionary mechanism for fish to have a personality” In an interview, IGB researcher Kate Laskowski explains what we can learn from fish – and reveals why she is particularly fond of a certain fish species.
10 February 2017 press release Together we are unpredictable: why sailfish hunt more successfully as a group New study: Sailfish always hunt in groups containing roughly the same number of individuals that attack from the right as those that attack from the left. In this way, their prey is unable to predict from which side the attack will occur.
30 June 2016 focus From aquariums to lakes: How immigrant animal species manage to escape into the wild Stefan Linzmaier is researching the mechanisms and consequences of invasive species in domestic ecosystems. His thesis is titled "Mechanisms of exploitation and interference competition in a novel invader – the marbled crayfish".
13 August 2015 press release Collective intelligence helps to improve breast cancer diagnosis Breast cancer is the most frequent type of cancer in women and currently accounts for 29% of all new cancer cases in the U.S. Wide-ranging mammography screening programs have been set up for early diagnosis. A new study shows that swarm intelligence can help to considerably improve cancer diagnosis.
