Psychologists from Durham University, UK have found in their study that bonobos produce a variety of signals including "baby-like" signals to strategically display distress when they are attacked by other bonobos.
Plants & Animals
Aug 5, 2022
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In 1972, the report Limits to Growth showed that business as usual on a planet with limited resources and a rapidly expanding human population can only end up in unsustainable growth and collapse. The report was inspired ...
Environment
Aug 2, 2022
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A new "resilience sensing system" can identify ecosystems that are in danger of collapse, research shows. The system uses satellites to spot areas of concern—including those at risk of "tipping points"—and can also measure ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 21, 2022
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The monumental global task to restore degraded ecosystems will need to include sophisticated technologies such as environmental DNA monitoring to understand and support the recovery of complex biospheres, international researchers ...
Ecology
Jun 27, 2022
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Even if global temperatures begin to decline after peaking this century because of climate change, the risks to biodiversity could persist for decades after, finds a new study by UCL and University of Cape Town researchers.
Ecology
Jun 27, 2022
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A study based on a new varanid fossil species from China shows that the transition from the ancient Varaniformes to Varanus occurred in Asia and supports the Asian origin of Varanidae.
Paleontology & Fossils
Feb 16, 2022
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Dominance hierarchies were first described in chickens a century ago by a Norwegian zoologist who coined the term "pecking order."
Plants & Animals
Jan 13, 2022
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Pheasants' heads cool rapidly as they prepare to fight—then heat up afterwards, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2022
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French researchers have observed non-human primates developing social conventions to work together to obtain a reward, in an experiment set up with a group of baboons.
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2021
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A research team from the CNRS and Aix-Marseille Université has demonstrated that members of a group of baboons can establish shared social conventions—in this case, by all agreeing on how to solve a problem in order to ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 13, 2021
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