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Angela Albi
@albiangela.bsky.social
Postdoc at Department of Collective Behaviour at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and the University of Konstanz.
Love photography and sailing.
www.angelaalbi.com
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What a great opportunity to combine science and photography! Glad for this award with @augustpaula.bsky.social and thanks to @icouzin.bsky.social Luke Costello,Tristan Walter at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social and @unikonstanz.bsky.social
Thanks @rsocpublishing.bsky.social for the great initiative!
We’re excited to announce the winning entries of the #RSPPhotoComp 2024! Follow along as we reveal the beautiful winning images of each category. Starting with #Behaviour and overall winner, 'The Hunt from Above' by @albiangela.bsky.social, with the help of drone pilot, @augustpaula.bsky.social.
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1/8 For years, it’s been assumed that when fishes hover in open water, they’re just resting. Our new @pnas.org paper shows otherwise: hovering can double metabolic costs compared to true rest in near-neutrally buoyant fishes. Here’s what we found: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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July 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Here is a great summary of work @science.org, with some steamy soundtrack!

Locust swarms call for a rewrite of the swarming rules. Take a look at our field, lab (2000 locusts tracked at the same time), VR, and modeling study of locusts:
Locust swarms call for a rewrite of the swarming rules
YouTube video by Collective Behaviour
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February 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Virtual reality rewrites the rules of the swarm. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We find that classical models of collective behavior fail to account for collective motion.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The behavioral mechanisms governing collective motion in swarming locusts
Collective motion, which is ubiquitous in nature, has traditionally been explained by “self-propelled particle” models from theoretical physics. Here we show, through field, lab, and virtual reality e...
www.science.org
February 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Congratulations to Angela Albi and August Paula for winning best photo in the animal behavior category of Nature inFocus award 2024 🎉

In the unlikely event that you haven't seen "the hunt from above" ... ⬇️

@albiangela.bsky.social @augustpaula.bsky.social

www.natureinfocus.in/wildlife-pho...
Winners of the Nature inFocus Photography Awards | Nature inFocus
Explore galleries with the best nature, wildlife and conservation photographs from around the world
www.natureinfocus.in
February 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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What a fantastic shot! An aerial view of #sharks rounding up their prey has won the 2024 #Photography Competition @royalsociety.org 🦈 The photo was taken by postdoc Angela Albi @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, who studies the predator-prey interactions of sharks and schools of #fish. 🎉👏
December 15, 2024 at 11:34 AM
What a great opportunity to combine science and photography! Glad for this award with @augustpaula.bsky.social and thanks to @icouzin.bsky.social Luke Costello,Tristan Walter at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social and @unikonstanz.bsky.social
Thanks @rsocpublishing.bsky.social for the great initiative!
We’re excited to announce the winning entries of the #RSPPhotoComp 2024! Follow along as we reveal the beautiful winning images of each category. Starting with #Behaviour and overall winner, 'The Hunt from Above' by @albiangela.bsky.social, with the help of drone pilot, @augustpaula.bsky.social.
December 12, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Grateful for this award with @augustpaula.bsky.social for the @royalsociety.org photography competition.
I recommend to look at all the photos at the link and, importantly, to take photos! 🦈
@icouzin.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
A stunning bird’s-eye view of four sharks and their schooling prey has been announced as the overall winner of the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2024, run in association with the Royal Photographic Society. 'The hunt from above', from the behaviour category, is by Dr Angela Albi.
December 4, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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www.ab.mpg.de/641446/news_...
🥳 Very excited, that one of our recordings won the @royalsociety.org Photography competition!
Congratulations @albiangela.bsky.social @icouzin.bsky.social Luke Costello, Tristan Walter and all others contributing to this project.
@mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, cascb
Truth, beauty, and a perfect view
Angela Albi wins top prize in Royal Society photo competition
www.ab.mpg.de
December 4, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Great article by Carla Avolio 👏
www.ab.mpg.de/641446/news_...
🥳 Very excited, that one of our recordings won the @royalsociety.org Photography competition!
Congratulations @albiangela.bsky.social @icouzin.bsky.social Luke Costello, Tristan Walter and all others contributing to this project.
@mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, cascb
Truth, beauty, and a perfect view
Angela Albi wins top prize in Royal Society photo competition
www.ab.mpg.de
December 4, 2024 at 12:08 PM
We start off here with some great news 🦈 me and @augustpaula.bsky.social got the right shot!
Great team work with @icouzin.bsky.social Luke Costello and Tristan Walter @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · Dec 4
The dynamics between predator and prey are laid bare in a striking image of fish being attacked by sharks in the shallow waters of the Maldives, which has claimed the top prize in this year’s Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition.

See more photos from the competition: cnn.it/4ihWduk
December 4, 2024 at 9:02 AM