Year: 2020
Featured Pitch to Publication
Dolphins mind the shell: About an innovative foraging strategy that spreads beyond the mother-calf bond
Being part of the ‘Dolphin Innovation Project’, Sonja Wild was privileged to study the fascinating behaviour of the Shark Bay dolphins in Western Australia. To Cultured Scene, Sonja provided some insight into her study on ‘shelling’, a novel foraging strategy that is transmitted via social learning. The whole study by Sonja and her colleagues has recently been published in Current Biology.
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Common cuttlefish learn to master the “prawn-in-the-tube” test by observing conspecifics
Eduardo Sampaio shared his newest findings on social learning in the mostly solitary common cuttlefish with Cultured Scene. The whole study has recently been published in Animal Cognition.
Interviews
Cultural Evolution in the Digital Age
Cultured Scene interviews Alberto Acerbi about his new book, Cultural Evolution in the Digital Age.
Featured How Research Works
Why experiments are stupid but we need more of them
Most of us are excited about social learning in the real world. How do the dolphins of Shark Bay learn to fish with sponges, do chimpanzee mothers teach their young how to crack open nuts, can starting moves in the […]
Events, Places and People
Faces of ESLR: Michael Chimento
Our new series will highlight the work of different ESLR society members. Today, we hear from Michael Chimento, a PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, about his research.
Events, Places and People
Faces of ESLR: Alba Motes-Rodrigo
Our new series will highlight the work of different ESLR society members. Today, we hear from Alba Motes-Rodrigo, a PhD student at the University of Tübingen, about her work.
Featured Pitch to Publication
Of sharks and their ability to learn from others
Catarina Vila Pouca spoke to Cultured Scene about her findings on social learning in juvenile Port Jackson sharks that have been published in Animal Behaviour earlier this year.