Honeybees join humans as the only known animals that can tell the difference between odd and even numbers
"Two, four, six, eight; bog in, don't wait."
Plants & Animals
Apr 29, 2022
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research across fundamental and applied sciences, to provide ecological and evolutionary insights into our natural and anthropogenic world, and how it should best be managed.
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Research shows clever monkeys plan their food trips to avoid stronger rivals
Vervet monkeys are quick and clever planners of the best route to follow on foraging trips, shows a new study. When dominant group mates are too far away to interfere, vervets tend to choose the shortest route along successive ...
Evolution
Apr 25, 2022
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The answer to keeping moose populations healthy? Wolves
Predators may keep prey populations healthy by acting as a selective force against genetic diseases. A new study found that wolves select adult moose based on age and osteoarthritis, a chronic disease that can be influenced ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 20, 2022
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How 'push-pull' companion crops help manage the devastating fall armyworm pest
Adopting a novel planting technique known as "push-pull farming" can help massively reduce crop losses to pests and improve food security in sub-Saharan Africa, new research has found.
Ecology
Apr 12, 2022
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Eye size of deep-sea shrimp reveals secrets of the deep
Different species of deep-sea shrimp have evolved to have different sized eyes to best see one another, according to new research.
Plants & Animals
Mar 24, 2022
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Extreme heat harms forest-dwelling bird chicks more than city ones
Forest bird nestlings are significantly smaller and more likely to die as a result of extreme heat compared to their urban counterparts, reports a new study. This research is among the first to measure the joint impact of ...
Ecology
Mar 23, 2022
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Savvy sheep: New research explores flexible decision-making for bighorn sheep migration
'Thinking like a sheep' might actually be a complement; a new study found that following the herd is just one strategy bighorn sheep use to make decisions about seasonal migration. Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, while somewhat ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 24, 2022
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Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds (GLUBS) will use audio to help monitor changing marine life
Of the roughly 250,000 known marine species, scientists think all ~126 marine mammals emit sounds—the 'thwop', 'muah', and 'boop's of a humpback whale, for example, or the 'boing' of a minke whale. Audible too are at least ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 17, 2022
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Stay on the sunny side: Optimistic animal foragers have better lives in behavior model
A positive-thinking bison, oryx or black bear has a better chance of a full belly and long-term health than a neutral-thinking or pessimistic one according to newly published research from Tal Avgar from the department of ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 15, 2022
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Looking to the acorn worm for clues as to why vertebrates cannot regenerate their bodies
A group of Japanese and American researchers found that the Ptychodera flava, a worm-like marine organism capable of regenerating its entire head or body, draws on reprogramming-based mechanisms that help somatic cells in ...
Evolution
Feb 15, 2022
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