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Published Are the least social animals the most innovative? - Are the Least Social Animals the Most Innovative?



Innovating, i.e. the ability to find solutions to new problems or innovative solutions to known prob...
Published Can animals count?



Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery regarding number sense in animals by confirming the ...
Published Roosters might recognize themselves in the mirror



Scrape, cluck, lay eggs -- that's it? Anyone involved in chicken farming knows that the animals are ...
Published Captive-bred birds able to improve their flight and migration performance



Two types of experiences affect the behavioral skills of animals: the animal's environment during it ...
Published Animals like crickets use the ground to amplify calls



When animals 'sing' sitting on the ground -- such as when crickets chirp -- their volume and reach i ...
Published Unknown animals were leaving bird-like footprints in Late Triassic Southern Africa



Ancient animals were walking around on bird-like feet over 210 million years ago, according to a new ...
Published Rock art and archaeological record reveal humans' complex relationship with Amazonian animals



Rock art explored by archaeologists in the Colombian Amazon has provided an insight into the complex...
Published New video camera system captures the colored world that animals see, in motion



A new camera system allows ecologists and filmmakers to produce videos that accurately replicate the...
Published Super antifreeze in cells: The ability to survive in ice and snow developed in animals far earlier than we thought



More than 400 million years ago, an insect-like animal called the springtail developed a small prote ...
Published Some Pre-Roman humans were buried with dogs, horses and other animals



Some people from an ancient community in what is now northern Italy were interred with animals and a ...
Published Raining cats and dogs: Global precipitation patterns a driver for animal diversity



A team has identified several factors to help answer a fundamental ecological question: why is there...
Published How animals get their stripes and spots



New research helps explain how sharp patterns form on zebras, leopards, tropical fish and other crea...
Published Study uncovers hundred-year lifespans for three freshwater fish species in the Arizona desert



New study finds some of the oldest animals in the world living in a place you wouldn't expect: fishe ...
Published These male marsupials give up sleep for sex



All animals need sleep. When humans or animals don't get enough, it can lead to trouble paying atten ...
Published Cheetahs' unrivalled speed explained by their 'sweet spot' size, finds Imperial study



A new study has answered a long-held question about why medium-sized land animals like cheetahs tend ...
Published Wild orangutan treats wound with pain-relieving plant



A wild orangutan was observed applying a plant with known medicinal properties to a wound, a first f...
Published 'Teacher Toads' can save native animals from toxic cane toads



Scientists from Macquarie University have come up with an innovative way to stop cane toads killing...
Published Fishy parenting? Punishing offspring encourages cooperation



Scientists discovered that Neolamprologus savoryi fish use punishment to encourage offspring to coop...
Published Slugs and snails love the city, unlike other animals



Most native species avoid more urbanized areas of Los Angeles, but slugs and snails may actually pre...
Published Boo to a goose -- new animal behaviour tech aims to save wildlife



Facial recognition software used to study the social behavior of individual Greylag Geese in Europe...