Excited to share our paper in Animal Behaviour(@asab.org)! We show that in ♂ house mice with different reproductive tactics,innovation emerges when ecological constraints limit time & space. With @avezyrakis.bsky.social, @fragdarm.bsky.social & Anja Guenther. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Are innovators born that way, or does solving problems come from experience?🐭 In our recent(ish) paper in @asab.org with @valmazza.bsky.social & Anja Guenther, we show innovation may be inherent in wild house mice and experience makes innovators better! paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123441

🎉 What a way to end the year! Very excited to see our new paper on 🐭 innovation and mate choice out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.077 With the amazing @fragdarm.bsky.social, @valmazza.bsky.social & Anja Guenther

🧪ETHOLOGY: Condition-dependent risk-taking in mice! 🐭💥🍔 Lopez-Hervas et al. show that diet quality and body mass shape mice’s reactions to risk — heavier or better-fed individuals play it safer, supporting the asset-protection hypothesis! Read here, it's #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/eth....

Condition‐Dependent Responses to Risk in a Small Mammal

Responses to a predation risk gradient vary as a function of the resource environment and individual condition in a small mammal.

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