Press release: animal hierarchies

Stacy Kish wrote a really nice press release of my recent paper with Simon DeDeo and Dan Mønster.

You can read the press release here and the full text of the paper here. Thanks Stacy!

March 22, 2021

R-E-S-P-E-C-T in the Animal Kingdom

The animal kingdom, from a colony of ants to a shrewdness of apes, is rife with social hierarchies, and a new study is trying to figure out how everyone finds their place in the world

By Stacy Kish Email

Many animals must navigate complex social structures in life.

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2021-03-152022-03-11

Liz appears on podcast “Good Chemistry”

I had my first appearance as a podcast guest! I was interviewed by Nick Jikomes for his podcast “Good Chemistry“. We talked about some of my work with animal dominance hierarchies and recent work with both parakeets and many different species.… [Read full details]

2021-03-042021-03-04

Press release: aggression heuristics

The Santa Fe Institute’s press team put together a nice press release of my recent paper about animal dominance hierarchies, written in collaboration with Dan Mønster (Interacting Minds Center & Cognition and Behavior Lab, Aarhus University) and Simon DeDeo (Laboratory for Social Minds, Carnegie Mellon).… [Read full details]

2021-01-252021-01-28

Press: When push comes to shove, what counts as a fight?

Mike Miller put together a nice write up of the lab’s recently-published paper for UC News. You can read the article here (Thanks Mike!!)

The paper was published in Current Zoology and is available (open access) here.

When push comes to shove, what is a fight?

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2020-06-092020-06-09

New paper & fieldwork coverage from UC

Mike Miller at UC News did a nice write up of the lab’s new paper that also touched on some of our recent fieldwork. See the full article here.

Twitter fight: Birds use social networks to pick opponents

UC biologist studies how animals maintain status in dominance hierarchies

By Michael Miller

Knowing when to fight and when to flee is a big part of many animal societies, including our own.

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2019-08-012019-10-29

Summary of “Rethinking animal social complexity”

The SFI team did a nice write-up of my recent paper.

From the Santa Fe Institute:

Three concepts from complexity could play a big role in social animal research

AUGUST 1, 2019

From bees to birds to humans, the animal kingdom is full of organisms that have evolved complex social structures to solve specific problems they encounter.

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2018-10-162018-10-16

Tipping points press in greenfo

My recent paper, “Social tipping points in animal societies”, led by Jonathan Pruitt, was covered (in Hungarian, I think!) by the website greenfo.

From the article in greenfo: (skip below for the google-translated version in english)

A klímaváltozás agresszívvá teszi a pókokat

Égen – Földön – Föld alatt

2018.… [Read full details]

2018-09-20

Tipping points in Sciences et Avenir

My recent paper, “Social tipping points in animal societies”, led by Jonathan Pruitt, was covered (in French!) by the website Sciences et Avenir.

From the article in Sciences et Avenir:

Au delà de 31°C, ces araignées arrêtent de coopérer et se battent

Par Anne-Sophie Tassart le 20.09.2018

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2018-09-19

Social tipping points – press release

SFI’s press team wrote up a nice press release for my recent paper, led by Jonathan Pruitt.

From SFI News:

SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2018

In relatively cool temperatures, Anelosimus studiosus spiders lay their eggs and spin their webs and share their prey in cooperative colonies from Massachusetts to Argentina.

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2018-09-072018-09-18

Article recommended by F1000

My recent paper, led by Courtney Fitzpatrick, was recommended in F1000Prime as being of special significance in its field by F1000 Faculty Member Susan Alberts.

“This interesting analysis addresses the question ‘are scientists correct in their perception that theoretical biologists and empirical biologists do not engage in sufficient cross-talk to mutually inform each other’s work?’… [Read full details]