Neophobia, the fear of novel stimuli, plays a major role in animal ecology. Here, we review
studies on predator neophobia and explore its underlying patterns within an ecological …

Neophobia is the fear of novel stimuli or situations. This phenotype has recently received
much ecological attention, primarily in the context of decision making. Here, we explore …

Prey face a major challenge in balancing predator avoidance with other essential activities.
In environments with high risk, prey may exhibit neophobia (fear of novelty) due to the …

Animal signalling systems outside the realm of human perception remain largely
understudied. These systems consist of four main components: a signalling context, a …

Social learning is widespread in the animal kingdom, but individuals can differ in how they
acquire and use social information. Personality traits, such as neophobia, may, for example …

Uncertainty about risk is a pervasive problem for prey that must continuously manage risk in
an ever-changing world. Prey can, however, minimize this uncertainty by learning from the …

Neophobic predator avoidance (NPA), the fear response exhibited by prey animals exposed
to novel stimuli, is a plastic trait thought to be induced by exposure to elevated chronic risk of …

Highlights•Prey exposed to high risk often show high-risk phenotypes.•High-risk behavioural
phenotypes often exhibit neophobia of unknown stimuli.•Here we tested whether …

Background Existing methods to assess anxiety in zebrafish are mostly based on visual
exploration. However, evidence suggests that zebrafish are more attuned to olfactory than …

To cope with the heterogeneous nature of predation and the trade-off between predator
avoidance and foraging, prey animals have evolved several cognitive rules. One of these is …