马克斯·普朗克生物智能研究所（MPI-BI）成立于由马克斯普朗克神经生物学和鸟类学的两个研究所组成。来自 50 多个国家的约 500 名员工致力于行为生态学、进化研究和神经科学等主题的基础研究。该研究所的研究重点是生物智能，即通过进化进化的动物生物体获取，存储，应用和传递有关其环境的知识的能力，以便找到解决问题的新解决方案并适应不断变化的环境。生物智能的机制正在各个层面进行研究：研究范围从分子相互作用到整个个体群体。

研究所的研究旨在破译各个层次的生物智能机制。调查范围从分子相互作用到整个个体群体。由于生物系统的适应与其自然环境和谐相处，因此特别注意动物在野外的行为。对自然环境中大脑的研究揭示了生物体如何相互交流并改变其环境，或者社会互动如何导致差异化社会的形成。

The Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence (MPI-BI) was founded from two Max Planck institutes of Neurobiology and ornithology. Some 500 employees from more than 50 countries work on basic research in topics such as behavioral ecology, evolutionary studies and neuroscience. The Institute's research focuses on biological intelligence, the ability of animal organisms that have evolved through evolution to acquire, store, apply and transfer knowledge about their environment in order to find new solutions to problems and adapt to changing environments. The mechanisms of biological intelligence are being investigated at all levels: from molecular interactions to entire populations of individuals.

The institute's research aims to decipher the mechanisms of biological intelligence at all levels. Investigations range from molecular interactions to entire populations of individuals. As biological systems adapt in harmony with their natural environment, special attention is paid to animal behaviour in the wild. The study of the brain in its natural environment reveals how organisms communicate with each other and change their environment, or how social interactions lead to the formation of differentiated societies.