When Different Bird Species Combine Their Warnings, the Whole Community Benefits
Mixed-species bird communities can produce more useful predator warnings when different species contribute complementary information.
03-Nov-2026
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Act I Part 3: What is a Cellular Automaton - and How Many Worlds Are There?
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22-Oct-2026
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The Collective Mind: Iain Couzin Explores How Nature Makes Decisions Without a Leader
Collective-behaviour researcher Iain D. Couzin will deliver a public lecture in Geneva on 4 November 2026 examining how groups of animals coordinate and make decisions.
03-Nov-2026
Read moreWhy a Thousand Basking Sharks Might Gather in One Place
Basking sharks are usually solitary, yet sometimes gather in enormous groups, and a new model suggests that neither food nor social attraction alone adequately explains why.
02-Nov-2026
Read moreThe Hidden Intelligence of Vegetation Patterns in Drylands
The distinctive patches and bands of vegetation found in drylands may help ecosystems withstand drought, but their relationship with plant evolution is more complicated than expected.
02-Nov-2026
Read moreListening for Collective Decisions in Sperm Whale Conversations
Researchers studying sperm whales around Dominica are beginning to connect the animals’ acoustic conversations with their subsequent collective behaviour.
02-Nov-2026
Read moreISMSI 2027: Swarm Intelligence Research Heads to Ho Chi Minh City
The eleventh International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Metaheuristics & Swarm Intelligence is scheduled for 23–25 April 2027 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
01-Nov-2026
Read moreOne Neighbour at a Time: The Surprisingly Simple Rule Behind Fish Schools
A fish school may achieve coordinated movement without each fish tracking a crowd of neighbours.
31-Oct-2026
Read moreRobot Swarms Discover the Penguin Strategy for Surviving Lunar Nights
A simulated lunar robot swarm has independently developed two cooperative survival behaviours resembling those of emperor penguins.
30-Oct-2026
Read moreDrone Swarms Search Without GPS by Sharing Their Uncertainty
A distributed drone-search framework addresses the difficulty of maintaining coordinated flight when satellite navigation is unavailable.
30-Oct-2026
Read moreAn Agent Society Needs More Than Messages: It Needs Local Attention
Researchers argue that decentralised AI societies face a coordination problem fundamentally different from ordinary message delivery.
30-Oct-2026
Read moreWhen robots lie: how a swarm can reject malicious neighbours without a central authority
Researchers have demonstrated a decentralised security mechanism that allows cooperating robots to reject malicious information while continuing to trust legitimate neighbours.
28-Oct-2026
Read moreThe hive mind is real mathematics: how simple bees become a learning system
A new mathematical analysis establishes a surprising equivalence between collective decision-making in bee swarms and reinforcement learning.
28-Oct-2026
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