Organisms have evolved sensory mechanisms to extract pertinent information from their
environment, enabling them to assess their situation and act accordingly. For social …

Social aggregation is a widespread and important phenomenon among fishes.
Understanding the questions of why and how aggregations form and are subsequently …

Social experiences greatly define subsequent social behavior. Lack of such experiences,
especially during critical phases of development, can severely impede the ability to behave …

Collective motion, such as milling, flocking, and collective turning, is a common and
captivating phenomenon in nature, which arises in a group of many self-propelled …

Collective movement is critical to the survival of some animals. Despite substantial progress
in understanding animal collectives such as fish shoals and bird flocks, it is unknown how …

Dominant individuals are often most influential in their social groups, affecting movement,
opinion, and performance across species and contexts. Yet, behavioral traits like …

Gregarious behaviours are common in animals and provide various benefits such as food
acquisition and protection against predators. Many gregarious tropical species are shifting …

Animal movement is increasingly affected by human alterations to habitat and climate
change. In wetland systems, widespread hydrologic alterations from agriculture have …

Despite the profound implications of self-organization in animal groups for collective
behaviors, understanding the fundamental principles and applying them to swarm robotics …

The collective behavior generated from self-organization is one of the most prominent
characteristics of animal populations. Typically, it is assumed that the interactions between …