Canine TV preferences could lead to answers in protecting dogs' eyesight
Television: It's not just for people anymore.
Veterinary medicine
Mar 24, 2022
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News tagged with visual cues
It's the eye of the tiger (shark)! Animal-borne cameras reveal how tiger sharks spot and track prey
Animal borne cameras now give scientists unprecedented access into the visual world of animals, including the life and death struggles of hunters and their prey.
Ecology
Jun 7, 2022
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Researchers discover what makes mice freeze or flee
Mice are likely to freeze at the sight of small slow-moving shapes and flee from fast approaching ones, finds new UCL research.
Plants & Animals
Aug 4, 2016
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Butterflies can remember where things are over sizeable spaces, new study finds
Heliconius butterflies are capable of spatial learning, scientists have discovered.
Plants & Animals
Aug 7, 2023
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Risk aversion as a survival strategy in ants
Ants are excellent navigators and always find their way back to the nest. But how do they react when an obstacle or a predator blocks their path?
Plants & Animals
Apr 9, 2020
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Vibrating steering wheel may rescue driver from blinding glare
(Phys.org)—Imagine how jarring the experience can be—blinding light that becomes a visual impairment to the point where the driver cannot manage to drive correctly. In a study titled "Statistical Assessment of the Glare ...
The secret's in the (robotic) stroke: Researchers tease out cues that impact schooling fish behavior
Recent studies from two research teams at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) demonstrate how underwater robots can be used to understand and influence the complex swimming behaviors of schooling fish. ...
Robotics
Oct 31, 2013
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Birds learn to avoid flashy, hard-to-catch butterflies and their lookalikes
The showy colors of some butterflies could advertise their speed and nimbleness, much like a coat of bright yellow paint on a sports car. A new study shows birds can learn to recognize these visual cues, avoiding not only ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2021
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Study shows visual clues important for pigeons homing abilities
(Phys.org)—A small team of researchers with Oxford University in the U.K. and the University of Pisa in Italy, has through experimentation, found that homing pigeons use visual cues to help them find their way home. In ...
Photonic gels are colorful sensors
(Phys.org)—Materials scientists at Rice University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created very thin color-changing films that may serve as part of inexpensive sensors for food spoilage or security, ...
Nanophysics
Oct 10, 2012
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