Exciting work by @albiangela.bsky.social on sharky sharks and loopy loops! 🦈🐟

Interested in clownfish behavior, underwater fieldwork or 3D tracking?🐟🤿💻 Or just want to nerd out about social group formation & division of labor? 🤓 See you at #ISBE2026 Turin 🇮🇹 in Room Berlino on Wednesday 22nd @ 11:45 - 12:00 PM! Photo credit to @albiangela.bsky.social - catch her on Friday!🦈

1/8 For years, it’s been assumed that when fishes hover in open water, they’re just resting. Our new @pnas.org paper shows otherwise: hovering can double metabolic costs compared to true rest in near-neutrally buoyant fishes. Here’s what we found: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... a 🧪 🧵..

Here is a great summary of work @science.org, with some steamy soundtrack! Locust swarms call for a rewrite of the swarming rules. Take a look at our field, lab (2000 locusts tracked at the same time), VR, and modeling study of locusts:

Locust swarms call for a rewrite of the swarming rules

YouTube video by Collective Behaviour

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Virtual reality rewrites the rules of the swarm. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... We find that classical models of collective behavior fail to account for collective motion. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The behavioral mechanisms governing collective motion in swarming locusts

Collective motion, which is ubiquitous in nature, has traditionally been explained by “self-propelled particle” models from theoretical physics. Here we show, through field, lab, and virtual reality e...

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Congratulations to Angela Albi and August Paula for winning best photo in the animal behavior category of Nature inFocus award 2024 🎉 In the unlikely event that you haven't seen "the hunt from above" ... ⬇️ @albiangela.bsky.social @augustpaula.bsky.social www.natureinfocus.in/wildlife-pho...

Winners of the Nature inFocus Photography Awards | Nature inFocus

Explore galleries with the best nature, wildlife and conservation photographs from around the world

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Our sharks are featured in The Guardian’s photographs that defined 2024! Photo by @albiangela.bsky.social and @augustpaula.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @unikonstanz.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

The photographs that defined 2024 – and the stories behind them

It was a year of Olympic celebration but continued conflict across Gaza and Ukraine. Some even said the images of Donald Trump raising a defiant fist following an assassination attempt could have won ...

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What a fantastic shot! An aerial view of #sharks rounding up their prey has won the 2024 #Photography Competition @royalsociety.org 🦈 The photo was taken by postdoc Angela Albi @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, who studies the predator-prey interactions of sharks and schools of #fish. 🎉👏

What a great opportunity to combine science and photography! Glad for this award with @augustpaula.bsky.social and thanks to @icouzin.bsky.social Luke Costello,Tristan Walter at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social and @unikonstanz.bsky.social Thanks @rsocpublishing.bsky.social for the great initiative!

Royal Society Publishing@royalsocietypublishing.org · 2y ago

We’re excited to announce the winning entries of the #RSPPhotoComp 2024! Follow along as we reveal the beautiful winning images of each category. Starting with #Behaviour and overall winner, 'The Hunt from Above' by @albiangela.bsky.social, with the help of drone pilot, @augustpaula.bsky.social.

Grateful for this award with @augustpaula.bsky.social for the @royalsociety.org photography competition. I recommend to look at all the photos at the link and, importantly, to take photos! 🦈 @icouzin.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

The Royal Society@royalsociety.org · 2y ago

A stunning bird’s-eye view of four sharks and their schooling prey has been announced as the overall winner of the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2024, run in association with the Royal Photographic Society. 'The hunt from above', from the behaviour category, is by Dr Angela Albi.

www.ab.mpg.de/641446/news_... 🥳 Very excited, that one of our recordings won the @royalsociety.org Photography competition! Congratulations @albiangela.bsky.social @icouzin.bsky.social Luke Costello, Tristan Walter and all others contributing to this project. @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, cascb

Truth, beauty, and a perfect view

Angela Albi wins top prize in Royal Society photo competition

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Great article by Carla Avolio 👏

August Paula@augustpaula.bsky.social · 2y ago

www.ab.mpg.de/641446/news_... 🥳 Very excited, that one of our recordings won the @royalsociety.org Photography competition! Congratulations @albiangela.bsky.social @icouzin.bsky.social Luke Costello, Tristan Walter and all others contributing to this project. @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, cascb

We start off here with some great news 🦈 me and @augustpaula.bsky.social got the right shot! Great team work with @icouzin.bsky.social Luke Costello and Tristan Walter @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

CNN@cnn.com · 2y ago

The dynamics between predator and prey are laid bare in a striking image of fish being attacked by sharks in the shallow waters of the Maldives, which has claimed the top prize in this year’s Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition. See more photos from the competition: cnn.it/4ihWduk