The Scientist » Animal Behavior
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The Scientist » Animal Behavior
2M ago
Other winners of this year’s prizes include research on the physics of ducklings and the therapeutic potential of ice cream ..read more
The Scientist » Animal Behavior
2M ago
When species disappear, more than their genomes are lost. The potential for their creative innovation to benefit ecosystems vanishes as well ..read more
The Scientist » Animal Behavior
2M ago
The broken-wing display, in which birds fake being wounded to protect their nests from predators, is found across the avian phylogenetic tree, a study finds ..read more
The Scientist » Animal Behavior
2M ago
Sounds made by more than 50 vertebrates previously thought to be mute push back the origin of this type of communication by at least 100 million years, a study finds ..read more
The Scientist » Animal Behavior
2M ago
In the book's introduction, author Carol Gigliotti makes the case that intricate behavioral patterns can be just as important to conserve as species’ genomes ..read more
The Scientist » Animal Behavior
2M ago
Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains , I explore what it is that makes an animal a pest—and it has nothing to do with their behavior, but rather our own desires and beliefs about the natural world ..read more
The Scientist » Animal Behavior
2M ago
In a chapter on cats, author Bethany Brookshire explores the thorny issue of felines that live freely ..read more
The Scientist » Animal Behavior
2M ago
The parasite appears to make infected wolves less risk-averse, potentially influencing the behavior of packs ..read more
The Scientist » Animal Behavior
2M ago
Some of the foundational studies in the field were neither ethical by today’s standards nor replicable. But we can do better ..read more
The Scientist » Animal Behavior
2M ago
Division of labor in ant colonies may depend on an enzyme trapped inside the blood-brain barrier ..read more