Angela Albi

Garibaldi hovering over the reef in San Clemente Island, California. Photo by Phil Zerofski @ SIO

1/8 For years, it’s been assumed that when fishes hover in open water, they’re just resting. Our new @pnas.org paper shows otherwise: hovering can double metabolic costs compared to true rest in near-neutrally buoyant fishes. Here’s what we found: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Locust swarms call for a rewrite of the swarming rules YouTube video by Collective Behaviour

Here is a great summary of work @science.org, with some steamy soundtrack!

Locust swarms call for a rewrite of the swarming rules. Take a look at our field, lab (2000 locusts tracked at the same time), VR, and modeling study of locusts:

The behavioral mechanisms governing collective motion in swarming locusts Collective motion, which is ubiquitous in nature, has traditionally been explained by “self-propelled particle” models from theoretical physics. Here we show, through field, lab, and virtual reality e...

Virtual reality rewrites the rules of the swarm. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We find that classical models of collective behavior fail to account for collective motion.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Winners of the Nature inFocus Photography Awards | Nature inFocus Explore galleries with the best nature, wildlife and conservation photographs from around the world

Congratulations to Angela Albi and August Paula for winning best photo in the animal behavior category of Nature inFocus award 2024 🎉

In the unlikely event that you haven't seen "the hunt from above" ... ⬇️

@albiangela.bsky.social @augustpaula.bsky.social

www.natureinfocus.in/wildlife-pho...

The photographs that defined 2024 – and the stories behind them It was a year of Olympic celebration but continued conflict across Gaza and Ukraine. Some even said the images of Donald Trump raising a defiant fist following an assassination attempt could have won ...

Our sharks are featured in The Guardian’s photographs that defined 2024! Photo by @albiangela.bsky.social and @augustpaula.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @unikonstanz.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

An aerial view of sharks meandering through a meadow of fish. Credit: Angela Albi

What a fantastic shot! An aerial view of #sharks rounding up their prey has won the 2024 #Photography Competition @royalsociety.org 🦈 The photo was taken by postdoc Angela Albi @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, who studies the predator-prey interactions of sharks and schools of #fish. 🎉👏

What a great opportunity to combine science and photography! Glad for this award with @augustpaula.bsky.social and thanks to @icouzin.bsky.social Luke Costello,Tristan Walter at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social and @unikonstanz.bsky.social
Thanks @rsocpublishing.bsky.social for the great initiative!

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Grateful for this award with @augustpaula.bsky.social for the @royalsociety.org photography competition.
I recommend to look at all the photos at the link and, importantly, to take photos! 🦈
@icouzin.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

Truth, beauty, and a perfect view Angela Albi wins top prize in Royal Society photo competition

www.ab.mpg.de/641446/news_...
🥳 Very excited, that one of our recordings won the @royalsociety.org Photography competition!
Congratulations @albiangela.bsky.social @icouzin.bsky.social Luke Costello, Tristan Walter and all others contributing to this project.
@mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, cascb

Great article by Carla Avolio 👏

We start off here with some great news 🦈 me and @augustpaula.bsky.social got the right shot!
Great team work with @icouzin.bsky.social Luke Costello and Tristan Walter @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social