Diversity of "decision-making" in the blob

Audrey Dussutour and researchers from the Uppsala university (Sweden) demonstrated that even among unicellulars, there is a wide variety of behaviour in the ability to make good decisions.

Fruit flies can transmit their sexual preferences culturally

Researchers from the CNRS and université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier (UT3), including Guillaume Isabel from the CRCA, show that fruit flies possess all of the cognitive capacities needed to culturally transmit their sexual preferences across generations.

2018 CNRS Talent Ceremony

The CNRS-INSB Crystal Medal was awarded to Gérard LATIL, assistant engineer at CRCA.

Three PhD projects CIFRE

Three PhD projects CIFRE (Conventions Industrielles de Formation par la REcherche) between the CRCA and the industry have just been launched.

Basile COUTENS awarded at the "Workshops on Pharmacodependence and Addictovigilance"

The work of Basile COUTENS, a doctoral student in the REMEMBeR team, was rewarded at the "10th Workshops on Pharmacodependence and Addictovigilance" in Biarritz on 16 October 2018.

The domino effect in collective decisions of schools of fish

The study of mechanisms for coordinating the movement and propagation of information in schools of fish or flocks of birds, for example in the event of predator attacks, is essential to understanding the benefits of group living.

The CNRS-INSB Crystal Medal awarded to Gérard LATIL !

The CNRS crystal medal honours engineers, technicians and administrative staff. It rewards those who, through their creativity, technical mastery and sense of innovation, contribute alongside researchers to the advancement of knowledge and excellence in French research.

3rd CRCA PhD Students Symposium

For the third time, the RAINBIO association of the Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale PhD students organize a symposium.

A connected flower to better understand bees and fight against their decline

Supported by the Dassault Systèmes Foundation, a new educational experiment called "Abeilles - Biodiversité" is being conducted at the Lycée Julliot de la Morandière in Granville (Normandy) in collaboration with a CNRS researcher to better understand the problem of the decline of bees.

Bees understand the concept of zero

Bees are able to represent themselves and interpret the zero. This has just been demonstrated by Aurore Avarguès-Weber, a researcher at the Centre de recherches sur la cognition animale (CNRS/Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier) and her Australian colleagues, proving for the first time that insects are capable of mathematical abstraction.