New preprint
Lisa Blum Moyse and myself delved into model selection and identifiability methods of social evidence accumulation models providing practical guidelines on how to design your next favorite collective foraging experiments, check it out: arxiv.org/abs/2609.36231
@cbehav.bsky.social

3/3 ii) Standardise the weighing times of animals in comparative studies. Both are necessary to avoid compromising data accuracy and animal welfare.

Funds: @uni-konstanz.de @cbehav.bsky.social @zukunftskolleg.bsky.social @klaus-tschira-stiftung.de @gso-forresearchers.bsky.social

2/3 Myself @andyradford.bsky.social @odedkeynan.bsky.social & @josharbon.bsky.social examined temporal variation in the body mass of #birds and #mammals to demonstrate that one must consider i) the lowest body mass expected during the period when the animal should carry devices (e.g., GPS tags) &

1/3 If your research involves #biologging of #wild_animals or comparative research on their body mass, this new @royalsociety.org paper is for you:
doi.org/10.1098/rsos.260127

INSIDE THE SWARM
is OUT today
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1ep...
pestwork by...
@theswordlab.bsky.social @pvnkmrksk.bsky.social @sercansayin.bsky.social @icouzin.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de
video by filmmaker Andrew Jordan for @nachristakis.bsky.social

A nice read about our recent @co-breed.bsky.social paper:

phys.org/news/2026-09...

#Neurofly2026 was a blast! I was excited to talk about flexible foraging decisions in fly larvae, my PhD student @akhila1498.bsky.social presented her work on taste gradient navigation and as always it was so much fun to meet colleagues @modolfor.bsky.social and many talented young researchers! 🪰