Marc Naguib

The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.

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A pair of chirupping wedgebills of which one is vocalising

🔊🔊 What's important in a duet? In a new paper, we tested whether duet coordination in pairs has a function in their territoriality, using fine-scale and coarse measures of duet coordination in response to playback in chirruping wedgebills.
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Chimpanzee drumming may give clues to the roots of rhythm Behavior is more complex than scientists realized, could reveal origins of musicality

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Sustainability and avian biodiversity tensions in wastewater management in arid zones Biodiversity is increasingly threatened by anthropogenic and climatic changes around the globe. Many animals lose the habitats where they can settle a…

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Stone-assisted drumming in Western chimpanzees and its implications for communication and cultural transmission | Biology Letters Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) communicate in complex ways, including sounds produced by hand and foot drumming on trees, often combined with loud vocalizations. Recently, a puzzling stone throwing beh...

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High nest failure in a zebra finch population and persistent nest predation by a monitor lizard Ecology & Evolution is a broad open access journal welcoming research in ecology, evolution, and conservation science, and providing a forum for evidence-based views.

New paper on the 'leaping feats' of a hungry goanna (monitor) lizard and the potential impacts of goanna predation on nesting success in zebra finches, led by Marc Naguib.

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