The research group, founded in 2004, focuses on environmental factors regulating urban animal populations and the behavioral and evolutionary consequences of habitat urbanization. Through studies on wild populations and laboratory experiments, they have identified differences in fear responses to humans between urban and forest birds. By examining brain receptor genes, they investigate the genetic basis of behavioral diversity. For over a decade, they have been monitoring the breeding success and survival of urban birds and mapping their habitat use through individual telemetry tracking. Their results have shown that urban areas create unfavorable feeding conditions for some bird species, reducing their breeding success.

In another major area of research, they study the evolution of the reproductive systems of vertebrate animals. Using phylogenetic comparative methods, they examine the environmental and social factors causing changes in mating and parental care behavior among species. They were the first to demonstrate that the evolution of reproductive behavior is related to species-specific adult sex ratios, and that the latter can be influenced in part by chromosomes determining sex. In one of their latest projects, they investigate, through field research on Asian leaf warblers, the ecological and demographic factors that may explain the evolution of species-specific reversed sex roles (female competition, male parental care).

The research group is involved in a large-scale nature conservation project supported by the European Union LIFE program, aiming to restore the ecological balance of one of Hungary's most characteristic salt marsh-wetland complexes (Miklapuszta, Kiskunsági National Park).