In the natural world -- where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity -- animal behavior is glorious in its variety. Now, new research suggests there may be an ...

In the natural world—where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity—animal behavior is ...

A study published in Nature has established a new benchmark in modeling the universe's most extreme events: the collisions of ...

The coincidental emergence of lactase persistence mutations with livestock domestication was taken by many scientists at the ...

Substantial improvements are needed in how authorities record and document surveillance activities. After around a year of work, the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security, and Law has ...

Imagine a worm smaller than a speck of dust, tucked away in a Siberian permafrost since woolly mammoths roamed and ...

As part of the postdoc phase, the Max Planck Society offers scholarships to international postdocs—those whose primary residence was abroad before starting the scholarship and who come to a Max Planck ...

“At some point, the eight of us were all at the Max Planck Institute in Dresden (Germany), some as ... then cooled down with ...

A new study of wild Sumatran orangutans by researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior ... behaviors toward their infants, even after controlling for biological, social, and ...

A new study finds humanity's closest living relatives will chew plants and apply makeshift poultices to wounds, and use ...

In a study using virtual avatars, scientists from the Max Planck ... pause before the target word, gestures affected brain waves that are typically associated with anticipation. After the target ...

After almost 15 years of preparation ... in Freiburg (Germany). The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Göttingen (Germany) is a partner in the project.