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The influence of seasonality on Cape ground squirrel group behaviour Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich Contact: Katherine.fegan@ieu.uzh.ch Animals capability to change their behaviour as a result to the changing in seasons has been documented as a novel adaptation to survive in extreme and unpredictable environments.…

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Identifying conditions that elicit novelty-seeking across mammal species Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich Contact: sofia.forss@ieu.uzh.ch, www.sofiaforss.com Cognitive evolution remains one of the burning subjects in biological science and has been my passion during my academic career. Whilst I previously researched questions regarding novelty response, problem-solving…

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Submission calls in female meerkats Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental StudiesUniversity of ZurichContact: mara.zali@uzh.ch Animals living in groups benefit of many advantages, but they also invariably experience the costs of conflicts that arise when group members have different interests. Among animal species many strategies have evolved to reduce these…

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I am a postdoctoral researcher whose work broadly concerns behavioural flexibility in animals at all levels, but particularly with regards to their communicative behaviour and the light this can shed on human language evolution. I am currently part of the NCCR Evolving Language team, where I am working with Prof.…

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Does tuberculosis infection impact meerkat movement? Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of ZurichContact: siomha.campbell@uzh.ch The movement decisions of animals impact resource distribution and disease transmission. In turn, diseases can modify the behaviour, physiology, and social relationships of an animal, as well as affecting group dynamics. Tuberculosis (TB)…

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