Opportunity is one of the words that constantly pepper the discourse of CREAF researcher Oriol Lapiedra and listening to him, one wonders whether he is a passionate person who is caught out by opportunities while working.
The CREAF ecologist has participated in a series of interviews by the English journal Functional Ecology to researchers from all over the world to learn
Life is supported on the planet by the interactions between organisms. This interactions often are subject to a set of more or less distorted appearances,
Cut leaves, collect mud, make a cellophane-type material – bees make sophisticated nests in thousands of different ways, improving their competitiveness as well as protecting
A large brain increases the capacity to adjust behavior to new circumstances through learning, improving resource-gathering in a changing environment. Greater understanding of this capacity
This book, titled “Biological Invasions and Animal Behaviour“, is the first ever published monograph about the role of behaviour in biological invasions.
For marmots, infidelity is a way for dominant females to promote genetic diversity and increase the chances of survival of their young. When the dominant partner
An analysis of 1018 bird species led by CREAF and CSIC scientists suggests that innovation is not just an adaptation on it own, but emerges
Around the world, invasive animal species are pushing out the natives, sometimes forever altering ecosystems. House sparrows are a prime example, having spread from Europe
A new international study relates brain size to the amount of stress hormone in birds. A larger brain increases cognitive ability, which allows them to
