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Singing mice puff up air sacs to make their sweet songs
To serenade with their high-pitched songs, singing mice inflate a throat sac — a use for air sacs seemingly unknown in any other animal.
City birds appear to like men more than women, but experts have no idea why
Despite being surrounded by a multitude of people, urban birds may be picky about who can approach them, new research suggests. After surveying over 37 city bird species in five European countries, experts found that the avians fled sooner when approached by women than by men.
Gibraltar’s monkeys eat mud ‘to avoid upset stomachs from tourist junk food’
Troops of monkeys living on the Rock of Gibraltar have learned to eat soil in what scientists believe is an effort to settle their stomachs after all the junk food they receive – and sometimes steal – from crowds of tourists.
This kea parrot is the first-known disabled alpha male
With half a beak, Bruce has developed an innovative fighting style that has won the kea top status in his flock, videos and documented interactions reveal.
Watch Bruce the parrot defeat his rivals with only half a beak
Kea parrots are known for being extremely curious and capable of solving complex problems ; they can even make each other chuckle. Now, for the first time, a kea named Bruce has demonstrated skilled combat techniques after losing his upper beak.
Bruce the parrot is missing his upper beak — but that hasn't stopped him from becoming an undefeated jousting champion
Bruce the parrot uses his injured beak to win competitions with other male parrots. (Image credit: Alex Grabham) A New Zealand parrot that's missing the entire top half of its beak has developed a unique jousting technique to attain top social status, researchers report in a new study.
‘How much have we missed?’: book tunes in to overlooked world of female birdsong
When we hear the beautiful call of a bird from a high bough, we’re told it’s likely to be a male – singing for territory, or belting out tunes to woo a female.
Naked mole rats wage bloody wars of succession to choose a new queen — but one colony did something scientists have never seen before
When their queen dies, naked mole rat females usually wage bloody battles of succession. But peace may be possible, a new study suggests
Why warblers face an increasingly treacherous spring migration
Each spring, these tiny birds fly thousands of miles north—but warming temperatures may be reshaping when and where they arrive.
This tool-using cow stunned scientists with her smarts
Veronika the cow scratches hard-to-reach body parts using a brush. This feat is forcing scientists to rethink which animals can use tools.
Treetop toilets may act as communication hubs across mammal species
The strangler fig is a keystone species in the tropics, providing food and shelter, and a place to poop for 17 different mammal species.
We’re one step closer to understanding the sperm whale ‘alphabet’
Scientists are learning that sperm whales communicate in ways that may mirror human language.
AI and tech advances may soon enable talking with animals
Advances in decoding animal sounds might someday make animal translators a possibility.
'More questions than answers': Experts baffled by Alaskan mammal-eating orcas spotted near Seattle
Three orcas from Alaska surfaced in the waters between Washington state and Canada in March, an area where they've never been documented.
Chimpanzees in Uganda are locked in a deadly 'civil war' after their group split apart — and scientists don't know why
The first well-observed "civil war" in wild chimpanzees reveals that shifting social ties alone can fracture a group, igniting deadly conflict between former friends.
Why chimp friends turned into foes in an unprecedented 'civil war'
The long-running conflict in a formerly unified community, the second ever observed, adds to Jane Goodall’s studies about a different chimp war in the 1970s.
A new book finds parenting inspiration in the animal kingdom
Looking to creatures from burying beetles to spotted hyenas, The Creatures’ Guide to Caring explores what it means to be a good parent.
Cicadas use darkness cues from shadows to move toward trees
When periodical cicadas surface after years underground, they don’t grope blindly for trees. They head for the shadows , researchers report March 20 in the American Naturalist .
Male octopus has ‘sex arm’ that can mate in the dark
Scientists found that the male’s hectocotylus, the specialized arm for mating, is lined with receptors that can sense hormones from the female.
Scientists film whale giving birth while other whales work together to help her
Scientists have managed to film a sperm whale giving birth while other female whales worked together to support the mother and her newborn.
Secrets of the bees: Revealing the sneaky genius of nature's brightest thinkers
New science is showing that nature’s vital pollinators are smarter than we ever imagined. Here’s why that discovery should change what we think about one of the world’s most important animals.
Scientists recorded a sperm whale birth up close for the first time. They discovered something extraordinary.
The marine mammals act like midwives, supporting mothers and their calves through delivery.
Old fire hoses are a blast with Whipsnade Zoo's animals
Decommissioned hoses from a fire service prove to be a paw-some addition to enclosures at a zoo.
Watch sperm whale headbutt another for no apparent reason
Scientists have captured first-of-its-kind footage of a sperm whale violently headbutting another sperm whale out of the blue. Researchers filmed the clip with a drone during fieldwork off the Azores and Balearic Islands.
What animal are you? Humans and animals tend to like the same mating calls
Your taste in music may feel unique, but there may be something more biologically innate driving your acoustic choices: A new study found that animals and humans tend to prefer many of the same mating calls.
Singing mice puff up air sacs to make their sweet songs
To serenade with their high-pitched songs, singing mice inflate a throat sac — a use for air sacs seemingly unknown in any other animal.
City birds appear to like men more than women, but experts have no idea why
Despite being surrounded by a multitude of people, urban birds may be picky about who can approach them, new research suggests. After surveying over 37 city bird species in five European countries, experts found that the avians fled sooner when approached by women than by men.
Gibraltar’s monkeys eat mud ‘to avoid upset stomachs from tourist junk food’
Troops of monkeys living on the Rock of Gibraltar have learned to eat soil in what scientists believe is an effort to settle their stomachs after all the junk food they receive – and sometimes steal – from crowds of tourists.
This kea parrot is the first-known disabled alpha male
With half a beak, Bruce has developed an innovative fighting style that has won the kea top status in his flock, videos and documented interactions reveal.
Watch Bruce the parrot defeat his rivals with only half a beak
Kea parrots are known for being extremely curious and capable of solving complex problems ; they can even make each other chuckle. Now, for the first time, a kea named Bruce has demonstrated skilled combat techniques after losing his upper beak.
Bruce the parrot is missing his upper beak — but that hasn't stopped him from becoming an undefeated jousting champion
Bruce the parrot uses his injured beak to win competitions with other male parrots. (Image credit: Alex Grabham) A New Zealand parrot that's missing the entire top half of its beak has developed a unique jousting technique to attain top social status, researchers report in a new study.
‘How much have we missed?’: book tunes in to overlooked world of female birdsong
When we hear the beautiful call of a bird from a high bough, we’re told it’s likely to be a male – singing for territory, or belting out tunes to woo a female.
Naked mole rats wage bloody wars of succession to choose a new queen — but one colony did something scientists have never seen before
When their queen dies, naked mole rat females usually wage bloody battles of succession. But peace may be possible, a new study suggests
Why warblers face an increasingly treacherous spring migration
Each spring, these tiny birds fly thousands of miles north—but warming temperatures may be reshaping when and where they arrive.
This tool-using cow stunned scientists with her smarts
Veronika the cow scratches hard-to-reach body parts using a brush. This feat is forcing scientists to rethink which animals can use tools.
Treetop toilets may act as communication hubs across mammal species
The strangler fig is a keystone species in the tropics, providing food and shelter, and a place to poop for 17 different mammal species.
We’re one step closer to understanding the sperm whale ‘alphabet’
Scientists are learning that sperm whales communicate in ways that may mirror human language.
AI and tech advances may soon enable talking with animals
Advances in decoding animal sounds might someday make animal translators a possibility.
'More questions than answers': Experts baffled by Alaskan mammal-eating orcas spotted near Seattle
Three orcas from Alaska surfaced in the waters between Washington state and Canada in March, an area where they've never been documented.
Chimpanzees in Uganda are locked in a deadly 'civil war' after their group split apart — and scientists don't know why
The first well-observed "civil war" in wild chimpanzees reveals that shifting social ties alone can fracture a group, igniting deadly conflict between former friends.
Why chimp friends turned into foes in an unprecedented 'civil war'
The long-running conflict in a formerly unified community, the second ever observed, adds to Jane Goodall’s studies about a different chimp war in the 1970s.
A new book finds parenting inspiration in the animal kingdom
Looking to creatures from burying beetles to spotted hyenas, The Creatures’ Guide to Caring explores what it means to be a good parent.
Cicadas use darkness cues from shadows to move toward trees
When periodical cicadas surface after years underground, they don’t grope blindly for trees. They head for the shadows , researchers report March 20 in the American Naturalist .
Male octopus has ‘sex arm’ that can mate in the dark
Scientists found that the male’s hectocotylus, the specialized arm for mating, is lined with receptors that can sense hormones from the female.
Scientists film whale giving birth while other whales work together to help her
Scientists have managed to film a sperm whale giving birth while other female whales worked together to support the mother and her newborn.
Secrets of the bees: Revealing the sneaky genius of nature's brightest thinkers
New science is showing that nature’s vital pollinators are smarter than we ever imagined. Here’s why that discovery should change what we think about one of the world’s most important animals.
Scientists recorded a sperm whale birth up close for the first time. They discovered something extraordinary.
The marine mammals act like midwives, supporting mothers and their calves through delivery.
Old fire hoses are a blast with Whipsnade Zoo's animals
Decommissioned hoses from a fire service prove to be a paw-some addition to enclosures at a zoo.
Watch sperm whale headbutt another for no apparent reason
Scientists have captured first-of-its-kind footage of a sperm whale violently headbutting another sperm whale out of the blue. Researchers filmed the clip with a drone during fieldwork off the Azores and Balearic Islands.
What animal are you? Humans and animals tend to like the same mating calls
Your taste in music may feel unique, but there may be something more biologically innate driving your acoustic choices: A new study found that animals and humans tend to prefer many of the same mating calls.
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