Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

15 October 2026 22:07

Same weight, different energy bill. An Andean condor uses 79% less energy per kilometer than a trumpeter swan, even though both weigh roughly the same. Why? Find out in a new study in Science, which rewrites the costs of flight for wild birds and bats: doi.org/10.1126/scie... 1/3

Ruth Dunn

ruthedunn.bsky.social

15 October 2026 22:05

Our new paper, led by @nickajgraham.bsky.social, shows that #seabirds and native vegetation can drive ecosystem processes that support atoll island climate resilience by helping them to keep pace with sea level rise 🏝️🐦 doi.org/10.1126/scia... @science.org #ScienceAdvances

Aleksi Lehikoinen

aksulehikoinen.bsky.social

15 October 2026 19:10

New paper out: "Contrasting conclusions in the study of wetland bird abundances show the importance of multi-level insights into protection and restoration actions" ->rare and common species have different trends besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @yanjiexu.bsky.social @helsinki.fi

Shaili Mathur

shaili-mathur.bsky.social

14 October 2026 00:05

I’m excited to share our new preprint, where we ask: to what extent can evolution in fluctuating environments be predicted? Spoiler: far more than the strong history-dependence of fitness would suggest! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Hassan Salem

hassansalem.bsky.social

13 October 2026 18:57

Beetles secrete jelly to embed & sustain symbionts with impossibly tiny genomes🪲 But what is this jelly made of? And how does it help maintain a partnership that has lasted over 62 million years? Thrilled to share our latest, out now in @natcomms.nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s41...