Strategic networking is key to career success, and not just for humans. A new study of wild bottlenose dolphins reveals that in early life, dolphins devote more time to building connections that could give them an edge later ...
Ecology
Jul 24, 2020
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Female great tits (Parus major) stay clear of territories with better singing males while competing males are attracted to the territories with better singers. This unexpected conclusion was reached by researchers of Wageningen ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 23, 2020
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Searching for food at night can be tricky. To find prey in the dark, bats use echolocation, their "sixth sense." But to find food faster, some species, like Molossus molossus, may search within hearing distance of their echolocating ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 19, 2020
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How birds build their first nest depends on the environment in which they grew up, according to new research from St Andrews.
Plants & Animals
May 1, 2020
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Few singers reach their sunset years with the same voice they had in younger days. Singing sparrows are no different. Duke University-led research reveals that elderly swamp sparrows don't sound quite like they used to—nor ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 18, 2020
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Once a bully, always a bully?
Plants & Animals
Dec 2, 2019
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Top male biathletes are more attractive to the opposite sex, according to a new study by scientists at the universities of Exeter and Bristol.
Evolution
Jul 10, 2019
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Faced with potential violence from rival factions, dwarf mongoose groupmates pull together and behave more co-operatively, according to new research by University of Bristol researchers published today.
Ecology
Jun 20, 2019
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It's not uncommon for young adults to pitch in and help out with the care of younger siblings. But it turns out that sometimes birds choose to become avian au pairs rather than raise their own brood.
Plants & Animals
Mar 14, 2019
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Cooperation among different species of birds is common. Some birds build their nests near those of larger, more aggressive species to deter predators, and flocks of mixed species forage for food and defend territories together ...
Ecology
May 21, 2018
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