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Why Do We Anthropomorphize?
Verywell Mind via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe act of giving human traits to animals and objects Ferrantraite / Getty Images Anthropomorphism, or anthropomorphization, describes a behavior in...
Personification Examples to Make Your Writing More Interesting
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 2 months agoLike other forms of figurative language, personification can make your writing more dynamic. By...
How bug 'wranglers' help document the lives of flies, dung beetles, and more
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA blue bottle fly is featured in "The Big City" episode of A Real Bug's Life. Flies can see 250...
The internet can't get enough of these pictures of wild Wisconsin animals. Here's why you can feel...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThousands of trail cameras sit in Wisconsin's forests, plains and pastures, silently waiting to...
Animal personalities can trip up science, but there’s a solution
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIndividual behavior patterns may skew studies. A new approach called ‘STRANGE’ could help, by taking...
10,000-year-old carving of man holding his genitals is oldest known narrative carving
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year agoA 10,000-year-old slab discovered in Turkey is the earliest known set of narrative carvings, and it...
What makes a human human? Largest-ever DNA analysis of mammals offers clues.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the largest-ever effort of its kind, researchers have sequenced the DNA of 240 mammals, including...
Oklahoma Republican falls for furry conspiracy, proposes bill unleashing animal control on students
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAn Oklahoma legislator’s new bill proposes a wild solution to a non-existent problem, calling for...
What a gorilla named Lia taught scientists about human facial expressions
Salon via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSilverback Gorilla Getty Images/Edwin_Butter There’s a lot we don’t know about gorillas. This is due...
Nature, nurture and randomness
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the age-old debate about nature versus nurture — whether our characteristics are forged by our genes or our upbringing — I have an answer for you. It...
