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The GRCDI aims to develop a ground-breaking framework that paves the way to the development of empirically tractable big ideas that cut across disciplines and set the research agenda for the coming years.
The Global Research Centre for Diverse Intelligences invites applications for Small Research Project Grants. Up to £40,000 is available for six interdisciplinary projects on Diverse Intelligences.
Find out more and apply here: diverseintelligences.st-andrews.ac.uk/grcdi-small-...
How do spider monkeys share information while foraging?
A new paper in NPJ Complexity (2025) shows how with higher-order spatial networks and simplicial complexes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIAh...
Read the paper: rdcu.be/eYgMo
#CollectiveIntelligence #AnimalBehavior #NetworkScience
Funding Call Open!
We are looking for people interested in organising an interdisciplinary workshop related to Diverse Intelligences with opportunities for up to £16,000 funding. Find out more by following the link below:
diverseintelligences.st-andrews.ac.uk/grcdi-interd...
As 2025 draws to a close, the team at the GRCDI would like to wish you all a very festive holiday season and a fantastic start to the new year!
diverseintelligences.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/15/h...
Upcoming funding call!
The GRCDI will be launching a new funding opportunity in 2026 for small projects studying any aspect of Diverse Intelligences.
Applications will open in mid-January.
Find out more at our website below:
diverseintelligences.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/03/p...
What if plants could think?
The Forgan Arts Centre will be hosting a screening of 'Indexed Beings' this weekend at the St Andrews Botanic Gardens, followed by an artist talk exploring plant sentience, indigenous knowledge, and more-than-human intelligence.
www.forganartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/ind...
On Tuesday, we hosted Dr Tom Smulders from @affect-evo.bsky.social for a discussion of the COST Action's progress and future plans for developing a framework to better understand affective states across species. Read more on our website (diverseintelligences.st-andrews.ac.uk/news)
A new study has found that Critically Endangered African penguins are significantly more likely to forage in the same areas as commercial fishing vessels during years of low fish abundance.
Read more... 👇
https://ow.ly/3u8H50XsXFW
#EverToExcel
A man giving a presentation in front of a screen with data and guppy fish on it
#teamSTRANGE goes to Switzerland! @mikemwebster.bsky.social talking @ Uni Bern about sampling biases in animal behaviour research and how acknowledging them helps us improve replications and ask cool new questions!
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
Ella holds a fluffy and sleepy looking toutouwai chick during banding and fits an orange band to its leg
PhD scholarship alert! Are you interested in cognitive evolution? Do you want to know how development influences cognitive traits? Do you love hanging out with birds in the forest? If the answer to these questions is yes, please apply to work with us! 1/2 🧪
www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...
A new paper in science shows that chimpanzees are able to rationally evaluate evidence of different strengths and revise their beliefs accordingly, an ability that was once thought unique to humans.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9lu...
A new paper published in Animal Cognition shows that capuchin monkeysare able to seek out both food and functional information.
youtu.be/Oc3PwQblKN8?...
🌍 For the first time, we asked the world what they want from AI that can decode animal communication.
The answer? 70% want to know what animals think and feel.
The world is ready to listen. Read the report for more insights: www.earthspecies.org/blog/what-th...
Upcoming funding opportunity for those looking to run interdisciplinary projects to use data science and AI approaches to tackle critical environmental challenges www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
Dogs extend verbal labels for functional classification of objects @currentbiology.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
New research from the School of Psychology and Neuroscience has revealed the brain’s built-in distance tracker, and its link to early Alzheimer's diagnosis.
DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2025.08.011
Read more... 👇
ow.ly/HL5S50WZh2l
#EverToExcel
Scientists have created the first ever viruses designed by AI, and they’re capable of hunting down and killing strains of E. coli
go.nature.com/3Khz3aR
David Silver of Google DeepMind thinks AIs that ‘learn by experience’ are the future of AI – but maybe not in particle colliders or nuclear arsenals. #HLF2025 ⚛️🧪 physicsworld.com/a/the-pros-a...
The Cognitive Science Society is running a challenge to create a five-minute video about this year's topic “How do different minds learn language, if at all?” with a top prize of $1000.
See more details about the challenge below:
cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-mind-...
The GRCDI has been named as one of the new Global Diverse Intelligence Hubs by the Templeton World Charity Foundation. You can read more about it on our blog.
diverseintelligences.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/16/g...
Scientists pioneer ‘animal internet’ with dog phones & touchscreens for parrots.
Experiments enabled several species, from parrots & monkeys to cats & dogs, to enjoy long-distance video & audio calls.
🧪🦜😺🐶☎️ #TGIF
www.ft.com/content/10dc...
Funding opportunity for those looking to put humanities insights and methodologies at the heart of artificial intelligence (AI) tech design.
Maximum award: £625,000
Closing date: 30 Oct 25
www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
New paper on precise tool use learning in carrion crows @currentbiology.bsky.social. We show that—like New Caledonian crows—expert carrion crows pay close attention to the working end of their tool, suggesting tool integration into their peripersonal space. 🧵 & vids! 👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...