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If a whale comes across a patch of kelp, it may well start playing with it. This practice may also be useful to rid whales of unwanted passengers.
Rhesus macaques are known for harassing people in New Delhi, where the G20 summit is being held, so authorities are taking action – but is it the right action?
Research shows urban foxes may not be getting more cunning, as people believe.
People refuse to believe the videos of sun bears at Huangzhou zoo are real bears .
Trumpetfish are the first known predator to hide behind another animal when hunting.
Natural selection changed just 13 genes to separate your Felix and Fluffy from their African wildcat ancestor.
Research into swarming in nature is transforming healthcare, gambling and the military.
Masturbation seems like an evolutionary conundrum. New research has found an explanation.
Behavior-based interventions could boost conservation efforts, but raise their own set of tricky ethical issues.
Research has found that urban gulls work out what’s good to eat by watching humans.
In many animals, including humans, adverse events in youth have lasting negative health effects over the life span. But new research suggests something different is going on in mountain gorillas.
Giraffes are the latest animals to show they can solve tasks using statistical reasoning – and the only one to do this with a small brain relative to body size.
A Steller’s sea eagle, native to the Asian Arctic, has traveled across North America since 2021. A scholar questions whether the bird is lost – and how well humans really understand animals’ actions.
Orangutans, gorillas and chimpanzees seem to enjoy the buzz of getting dizzy.
Think your social life is complicated? Consider the wasp.
Researchers explore what happens when ants can’t properly use smell to detect friend from foe.
Honeybees possess one of the most complex examples of nonhuman communication. New research suggests that it is learned and culturally passed down from older to younger bees.
It’s endearing to think of these glamorous pink birds finding the friendship group they fit into. But navigating flamingo social lives can help with conservation too.
Your cat may not be as excited about a new arrival as you are. Gradual and controlled introductions will help your cat take to an unfamiliar animal.
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Associate Professor, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, Adelaide University
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Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor Emeritus of Behavioral Pharmacology and Animal Behavior, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University
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Affiliate Faculty in Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University
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Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
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Staff Scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Smithsonian Institution
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Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Bangor University
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Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming
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Postdoctoral research fellow, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
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Emeritus Professor in Animal Behaviour, University of New England
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Professor and Associate Head of Psychology, University of Tennessee
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Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor of Neuroscience, Cognition and Behavior, University of San Diego
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Researcher, Animal Behaviour, Welfare and Anthrozoology Lab, Adelaide University