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Published Forget social distancing: House finches become more social when sick



Social distancing when sick has become second nature to many of us in the past few years, but some s...
Published Advancing the generation of in-vivo chimeric lungs in mice using rat-derived stem cells



Creating a functional lung using interspecies chimeric animals is an attractive albeit challenging o ...
Published With only the pawprints, researchers study elusive bobcat



With DNA recovered from animal tracks, scientists revealed information about the ancestry and microb ...
Published Cuddled cows who work as therapy animals showed a strong preference for women compared to men, study finds



A new study reveals that cows who are cuddled as therapy animals showed a strong preference for inte ...
Published Why can't robots outrun animals?



Robotics engineers have worked for decades and invested many millions of research dollars in attempt...
Published Trotting robots reveal emergence of animal gait transitions



A four-legged robot trained with machine learning has learned to avoid falls by spontaneously switch...
Published Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago



Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine inverte ...
Published Tudor era horse cemetery in Westminster revealed as likely resting place for elite imported animals



Archaeological analysis of a near unique animal cemetery discovered in London nearly 30 years ago ha ...
Published Unique voice print in parrots



Individual voice could help birds be recognized in a flock, no matter what they say....
Published Rats have an imagination, new research suggests



Researchers have developed a novel system to probe a rat's thoughts, finding that animals can contro ...
Published Ginger pigment molecules found in fossil frogs


Palaeontologists discover molecular evidence of phaeomelanin, the pigment that produces ginger color...
Published Extremely rare bird captured on film



A striking and extremely rare half-female, half-male bird has been spotted by a zoologist....
Published Caterpillars can detect their predators by the static electricity they emit



Caterpillars respond defensively to electric fields similar to those emitted by their natural predat...
Published Giant dinosaur carcasses might have been important food sources for Jurassic predators



Carnivorous dinosaurs might have evolved to take advantage of giant carcasses, according to a new st...
Published Researchers listen to the hearts of bats in flight



Unique recordings show that bats can ramp up heart rate from 6 to 900 b.p.m within minutes....
Published How 'winner and loser effects' impact social rank in animals -- and humans



A new article provides a narrative review of the relevant similarities and distinctions between nonh...
Published Exploring consciousness with eureka moments



We all know what it's like when the penny suddenly drops. Animals too experience such moments of ins ...
Published Life after (feigned) death



A new study has revealed what animals do after they have feigned death in order to avoid being kille ...
Published Scales or feathers? It all comes down to a few genes - Scales or Feathers? It All Comes Down to a Few Genes



Scales, spines, feathers and hair are examples of vertebrate skin appendages, which constitute a rem...
Published Social rank may determine if animals live fast, die young



Social rank may determine whether animals prioritize immediate fitness over long-term health, accord ...