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The number of simultaneously acting global change factors has a negative impact on the diversity of plant communities – regardless of the nature of the factors. This is one of the findings of a recent study by ecologists from the University of Konstanz.

Do spiders dream while they sleep? Daniela Rößler's research awarded by National Geographic.

Armin Bahl, professor of neurobiology and zoology at the University of Konstanz receives an ERC Starting Grant for his project "Neural basis of zebrafish collective decision-making". The project is funded with 1.5 million euros. Armin Bahl is also a group leader at the Cluster of Excellence "Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour" and a Research Fellow at the Zukunftskolleg.

It is challenging for individual animals to reliably extract and integrate behaviourally relevant…

Five questions about the number five with the renowned collective behaviour researcher.

The MoveApps platform allows researchers and wildlife managers to quickly and easily analyze animal movement data – no special data analysis skills required. Now MoveApps has won the 2022 Conservation Tech Award. The free and open-source platform was developed by the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in collaboration with the University of Konstanz.

Biologist Eduardo Sampaio researched octopuses off Cape Verde. He participated in a Citizen Science-led expedition that retraced the journey of Charles Darwin.

The University of Konstanz invites the public to attend the event "Klima im Wandel" (changing climate) in the Konstanz Bodenseeforum.

Toxicologists from the University of Konstanz have found that the protein p53 continuously protects our cells from tumorigenesis by coordinating important metabolic processes that stabilize their genomes.

The movement of species around the globe has lasting impacts on biodiversity and human livelihoods far into the future – according to the results of a recent study led by researchers from the University of Vienna and with the involvement of researchers from the University of Konstanz.