Research

We combine behavioral field biology, tracking technologies and computational approaches to understand how communication shapes coordination in animal societies

We focus on three social carnivores spanning a range of group cohesion levels,
from cohesive meerkat groups to fission-fusion hyena clans

We track entire social groups with multi-sensor collars that record the movements, behaviors, and vocalizations of all group members simultaneously

We develop machine learning approaches to detect and classify calls and behaviors from tag data

We are using these data to understand:
individual decision-making | information flow within groups | collective outcomes
across different social contexts

Want to learn more?
Watch this 15-minute talk about our project or check out our publications