Flamingos found to form cliques with like-minded pals
Flamingos form cliques of like-minded individuals within their flocks, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Mar 1, 2023
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News tagged with social animals
Neighborly cooperation can ensure your genes survive, new research finds
Cooperating with your neighbors, especially if they are distant relatives, can be an effective evolutionary strategy, new research has found.
Evolution
Feb 20, 2023
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Lessons from a wildfire on how to save pets' lives
In the wake of natural disasters like wildfires that have destroyed whole communities with alarming speed, some folks are focused on the beloved pets left behind—and how to save others in the future.
Veterinary medicine
Feb 13, 2023
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Veganism: Political philosophers argue we should see it as a political movement rather than a dietary choice
The start of a new year these days signals the launch of Veganuary, a campaign which encourages people to give up animal products for the month of January.
Social Sciences
Jan 24, 2023
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'To save our pets, we need to know our neighbors': Lessons from the Marshall Fire
More than 1,000 pets perished in the Marshall Fire, many of them trapped inside their homes as guardians who had left for the day desperately tried to devise a plan to free them, according to new CU Boulder research.
Veterinary medicine
Dec 22, 2022
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Big brains bring change: Inside the social life of spiders
For anyone with arachnophobia, the only thing worse than finding a lone spider dangling in a doorway or resting on your rear-view mirror is finding a whole cluster.
Plants & Animals
Nov 25, 2022
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8 billion people: How different the world would look if Neanderthals had prevailed
In evolutionary terms, the human population has rocketed in seconds. The news that it has now reached 8 billion seems inexplicable when you think about our history.
Archaeology
Nov 17, 2022
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Having good friendships may make for a healthier gut microbiome
Social connections are essential for good health and well-being in social animals, such as ourselves and other primates. There is also increasing evidence that the gut microbiome—through the so-called "gut-brain axis"—plays ...
Ecology
Nov 11, 2022
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Octopuses caught on video throwing silt and shells around themselves and at each other
Octopuses appear to deliberately throw debris, sometimes directed at other octopuses, according to a study publishing Nov. 9 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE led by Peter Godfrey-Smith at the University of Sydney and colleagues.
Plants & Animals
Nov 9, 2022
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Piggy in the middle: Pig aggression reduced when a bystander pig steps in
A small study suggests that when two pigs are fighting, a bystander pig can intervene to either reduce the number of attacks by the aggressor or to help reduce the anxiety of the victim. The study of 104 domestic pigs, published ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 7, 2022
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