On this week's show: Measuring the effects of animal personality on ecology and evolution and a roundup of daily news stories. (sciencemag.org)
For an update on animal personalities and how research in this area is throwing light on human behaviour read The personality factor. (newscientist.com)
Animal personality researchers have historically focused on individuals while ignoring the way they behave in groups, and collective behavior researchers have focused on groups while downplaying individual differences, according to University of St. Andrews animal behavior researcher Mike Webster, who was not involved in the work. (scientificamerican.com)