Collective behavior is the spontaneous, temporary, and unstructured behavior of a group in response to the same situation. In the animal kingdom, collective behavior can be observed in flocking birds, ...

Individual zebrafish (Danio rerio) exhibit predictable behavioral responses to certain visual stimuli that are sufficient to explain the collective behavior of the animals—even in their larval stage.

Whether it's the acrobatics of a flock of starlings or the synchronized swimming of a school of fish, nature is full of examples of large-scale collective behavior. Humans also exhibit this behavior, ...

Researchers investigate how the complex, cooperative behavior of honey bees (Apis mellifera) is genetically programmed so that it can be passed on to subsequent generations. They found an answer in ...

People may think of survival as an individual act—every animal (and person) for themselves. But a new study from UCLA suggests that when it comes to facing hardship together, social groups may ...

Northeastern University researchers are developing epidemic models that incorporate collective behavioral patterns, which will help policymakers make better decisions in both future pandemics and ...

When a crowd of passengers on a burning ship jumps overboard, when schoolboys go calmly through a fire drill, when four clubmen stage a drinking spree, when a mob of strikers overturns police cars, ...

The targeted manipulation of individual genes in zebrafish larvae changes their behavioral responses to visual stimuli and thus affects the collective behavior of the animals. Individual zebrafish ...

Thousands of starlings move together to form a cloud-like murmuration. New work from UC Davis and Hokkaido University shows how this kind of collective behavior can be understood based on interactions ...