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Plants & Animals Jul 13, 2023

The code breakers: Harnessing the power of AI to understand what animals say

An international group of experts argue that tackling the long-standing challenge of decoding the communication systems of whales, crows, bats, and other animals is coming within reach, following breath-taking advances in ...

Ecology Jun 15, 2023

Airport threatens Albania's fragile wild paradise

Flamingos and Dalmatian pelicans laze in the azure waters of a shallow lagoon near Albania's Adriatic coast.

Plants & Animals Jun 12, 2023

Researchers: Why we're 'interviewing' captive birds to find the best to release into the wild

Not all animals are the same. Even within a species, some are bolder and better at solving problems than others. We have found this to be true in the case of the critically endangered Bali myna, a rare bird found only on ...

Molecular & Computational biology Jun 6, 2023

Researchers identify genetic makeup of new strains of West Nile

Researchers at Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (CVMDL) located in UConn's College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources identified the genetic makeup of strains of West Nile virus found in an alpaca ...

Mathematics May 26, 2023

Exploring 'compellingness' in mechanism design

Consider an auction. You have two types of main protagonists or agents: a seller (or auctioneer) and many potential buyers. There are, of course, certain ground rules. For instance, one objective may be to design the auction ...

Plants & Animals May 22, 2023

Study suggests dinosaurs were the first to understand the perspectives of others

Understanding that others hold different viewpoints from your own is essential for human sociality. Adopting another person's visual perspective is a complex skill that emerges around the age of 2. A new study from Lund University ...

Plants & Animals May 3, 2023

Study identifies traits that help birds adapt to urban living, shows better planning can bolster biodiversity

As cities gobble up natural spaces, some birds have learned to live alongside skyscrapers, traffic and noise—and large numbers of humans.

Plants & Animals Apr 24, 2023

Fringe group hooved animals may be better problem solvers

A team of psychologists, animal behaviorists and neuroscientists affiliated with several institutions in Spain and Germany has found via experimentation that hoofed fringe group individuals may be better problem solvers than ...

Social Sciences Apr 11, 2023

Ditching a friend who is not like you can deepen social inequality

Since the 2016 presidential election, news accounts and scientific research have illustrated how defriending, a term originally associated with dropping Facebook friends, echoes in our broader, offline social lives. And what ...

Ecology Mar 31, 2023

Can cities make room for woodpeckers?

Researchers are deploying the latest mapping techniques to identify the most important suburban habitat for North America's largest woodpecker.

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