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Plants & Animals Aug 24, 2017

Bleats and trills evolved multiple times to aid in 'caller ID'

Sheep, giant pandas, mouse lemurs, capybaras, and fur seals all have something in common when it comes to communication. All of them produce calls with rapid, vibrato-like fundamental frequency modulation—commonly known as ...

Quantum Physics Aug 15, 2017

'Organismic learning' mimics some aspects of human thought

A new computing technology called "organismoids" mimics some aspects of human thought by learning how to forget unimportant memories while retaining more vital ones.

Plants & Animals Aug 14, 2017

Tokyo zoo releases video of 'fluffy' baby panda

A two-month-old panda, the first cub born at Tokyo's Ueno zoo for five years, is growing well and has become "fluffy", the zoo said Monday as it released fresh video footage of the baby animal.

Plants & Animals Aug 8, 2017

Icy treat for panda stars' birthday in Dutch zoo

Two multi-layered "cakes" made from ice, vegetable juice and fruit greeted a pair of giant pandas at a Dutch zoo Tuesday for their first birthday party since arriving from China.

Plants & Animals Aug 5, 2017

Surviving baby panda in 'perfect health' says French zoo

The first baby panda born in France is in good health and feeding from its mother, staff at Beauval Zoo said Saturday, as they came to terms with losing its twin.

Plants & Animals Aug 2, 2017

China welcomes world's first panda born to wild and captive parents

China has welcomed the world's first giant panda cub born to a mixed pair of captive and wild parents, the official Xinhua news agency said.

Plants & Animals Aug 1, 2017

Panda at French zoo expecting... twins!

French zoo officials were doubly delighted on Tuesday on learning that their pregnant panda is expecting not one but two cubs at the weekend.

Ecology Jul 27, 2017

Flock size matters for critically endangered regent honeyeaters

New research from the ANU shows the need for urgent action to boost the flock sizes of the critically-endangered regent honeyeater.

Plants & Animals Jul 26, 2017

Bienvenue! French zoo announces first ever panda pregnancy

Delighted French zoo officials were bursting with joy Wednesday at the news their female panda is pregnant—a first for France.

Plants & Animals Jul 26, 2017

People found able to recognize emotional arousal in vocalizations of land vertebrates

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from Germany, France, the Netherlands and Canada has found that human beings are able to accurately recognize emotionally based vocalizations made by a wide variety of land vertebrates. ...

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