Male crickets court females in unison—unless rivals get too close
Male crickets sing in unison to attract females—but stop singing if a rival gets too close, new research shows.
Male crickets sing in unison to attract females—but stop singing if a rival gets too close, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Jul 21, 2023
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Young chimpanzees combine different gestures, vocalizations and facial expressions in a way which echoes the development of communication in human infants, according to new research.
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2023
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Tiger Beach in the Bahamas is famous for its paradisiacal beauty and for being frequented by an animal that might scare most people away but is actually an outstanding diving tourism attraction: the Tiger shark (Galeocerdo ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2022
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Bumble bees play, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London published in Animal Behaviour. It is the first time that object play behavior has been shown in an insect, adding to mounting evidence that ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 27, 2022
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New research shows female Kinda baboons who have strong social connections with other female and male baboons, or are more dominant, have babies who become independent faster than others.
Plants & Animals
Sep 12, 2022
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The drummers puff out their chests, let out a guttural yell, then step up to their kits and furiously pound out their signature beat so that everyone within earshot can tell who is playing.
Plants & Animals
Sep 6, 2022
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When it comes to keeping time, an unassuming species of songbird is on a par with professional musicians, according to new research led by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin.
Plants & Animals
Jul 19, 2022
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Andrew Gallup, an evolutionary biologist with the Psychology and Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences Program at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in New York has published a paper in the journal Animal Behavior outlining research into ...
When sea turtle hatchlings emerge from their nests, typically at night, they crawl toward the ocean in what is known as "seafinding." They have to discriminate between the brighter seaward versus a dimmer landward horizon ...
Plants & Animals
May 19, 2022
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A new study published today in Animal Behaviour shows for the first time that brilliant iridescence and gloss found in some animals can have a protective function by working as a form of deceptive warning coloration, and ...
Evolution
May 3, 2022
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