Mirror self-recognition (MSR) is seen as evidence for self-awareness and passing the mark test, in which animals touch or scrape a mark placed on their body in a location that can only be indirectly viewed in a mirror, is ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 17, 2022
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Noise from motorboats changes the behaviour of cleaner fish and the species they help.
Ecology
Aug 1, 2017
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If I scratch your back and you scratch mine, then we're both better off as a result – so goes the principle of reciprocity, one of the most popular explanations for how co-operative behaviour has evolved. But what if one ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 25, 2015
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Familiarity with your partner is usually thought to promote teamwork, but new research has found that on coral reefs at least, female cleaner fish are more cooperative with unfamiliar males than their ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2012
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In November 1888, fear stalked the streets of London as the Whitechapel Murderer claimed his latest victim. The unusually gruesome attacks had puzzled investigators, so police surgeon Dr. Thomas Bond examined the victims ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 18, 2021
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Researchers at the University of Stirling have developed a new tool that fish farmers can use to improve the welfare of lumpfish—a species crucial to tackling the problem of sea lice in salmon.
Plants & Animals
Jul 29, 2021
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A growing demand for cleaner fish in salmon farms raises concerns about overfishing and human-mediated geneflow to wild populations. A recent study reveals that up to 20 percent of the local populations of corkwing wrasse ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 20, 2021
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If you saw the first episode of David Attenborough's new BBC series Perfect Planet, you will have seen the astounding bloodsucking behaviour of the vampire finches. These small birds exist only on two remote islands in the ...
Ecology
Jan 19, 2021
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Research shows that even fish farmers have doubts as to whether using cleaner fish is an effective delousing method. "Fish farmers tell us that they want a ban on the use of certain species. They're also very critical of ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 14, 2020
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Salmon farming is facing a huge challenge in the form of a tiny pest. The parasitic sea louse is infecting salmon stocks worldwide, causing devastating losses for salmon farmers and increased prices for shoppers. But scientists ...
Ecology
Apr 12, 2018
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