Help at the nest sets chicks up for life
The help that relatives give to nesting birds benefits their offspring well into adult life, researchers have found.
The help that relatives give to nesting birds benefits their offspring well into adult life, researchers have found.
Plants & Animals
May 22, 2012
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Common house mice are demolishing what could be the only breeding population of endangered Atlantic petrels in the world, scientists have found.
Plants & Animals
May 16, 2012
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Some populations of tiger snakes stranded for thousands of years on tiny islands surrounding Australia have evolved to be giants, growing to nearly twice the size of their mainland cousins. Now, new research in The American ...
Plants & Animals
May 15, 2012
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Being on good terms with your neighbors well certainly has its benefits. They might water your plants while you're on holiday, feed the cat, or even put your bins out.
Plants & Animals
Dec 13, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The mysterious behaviour of female Eclectus parrots killing their sons immediately after they hatch has been unravelled by a team of researchers from the Australian National University.
Plants & Animals
Oct 20, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In one of the latest studies in the growing field of animal-robot interaction, researchers have found that young quail chicks that interact with autonomous mobile robots have improved spatial abilities later ...
Momma's boys may not be solely confined to human families. Instead, a new study suggests birds have the same prejudices.
Plants & Animals
Aug 16, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recent study published in The Auk, researchers claim they have found evidence that humans are not the only species where child abuse is a socially transmitted behavior.
In a bit of interesting research whose missions was to find out if green-rumped parrots learn the calls that are used by themselves and others to identify them in their flock, or if such calls are innate, and others learn ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Caterpillars that masquerade as twigs to avoid becoming a bird's dinner are actually using clever behavioural strategies to outwit their predators, according to a new study.
Plants & Animals
Apr 4, 2011
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