The benefits of being social, from a spider's perspective
A new study has found that spiders that live in groups benefit from each other's company in unexpected ways.
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How do birds understand 'foreign' calls?
Fais attention! Serpent!
Plants & Animals
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Dark-shaded body surface the key to animals avoiding predators
Animals that have a darker pigmented surface on the upper side of their body compared to those that have the same shade all over can reduce the impact of their body shadows and remain hidden from predators, according to a ...
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May 14, 2020
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Saving livestock by thinking like a predator
For predators like wolves, cougars and snow leopards, a cow or sheep out to pasture may make for an easy and tasty meal. But when wild animals eat livestock, farmers face the traumatic loss of food or income, frequently sparking ...
Ecology
May 14, 2020
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White-faced capuchin monkeys come down from the trees on Panama's Coiba Island
Crossing a 23-kilometer stretch of ocean from mainland Panama to Coiba, the largest offshore island in the Eastern Pacific, a group of intrepid biologists hoped to find species never reported there before. But in addition ...
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The smell of fear warns other voles
Many encounters between predators and prey take place in dense vegetation. Predators lurk and wait for the best moment to attack, but are seldom visible. For a prey animal, the smell of a predator is one of many signals for ...
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To warn or to hide from predators? New computer simulation provides answers
Scientists have understood quite well why so many poisonous or bad-tasting animals have brightly colored bodies—the colors send a message to the predators: "Don't eat me, or you'll get sick and die." These permanent warning ...
Evolution
Apr 17, 2020
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Endangered wild dogs snapped in South Sudan
We promised you further fascinating footage from one of Africa's most neglected wildlife hotspots, and here it is. One of the continent's rarest and most elusive carnivores has been captured on camera in South Sudan.
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Study shows large ocean predators are more active in temperate regions
An international team of researchers has found that large ocean predators such as tuna, marlin and sharks are more active in temperate regions. In their paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the group describes ...
When warblers warn of cowbirds, blackbirds get the message
This is the story of three bird species and how they interact. The brown-headed cowbird plays the role of outlaw: It lays its eggs in other birds' nests and lets them raise its young—often at the expense of the host's nestlings. ...
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