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A Single Mutation Gave These Fish a Sense of Curiosity And Opened Up Their World
ScienceAlert via Yahoo News· 15 hours agostudy illustrates, curiosity seems to be a fundamental force behind biodiversity in the animal...
Virtual Reality Shows How First Animals Changed Their Environment And Boosted Evolution
Forbes· 6 days agoUsing state-of-the-art computer simulations, the authors of a new study discovered how these animals...
Does Fruit Really Fuel Brain Growth? New Study Challenges Old Ideas
SciTechDaily· 2 days agoWhy do primates possess large brains? To investigate this, researchers in the Panamanian rainforest...
On the Trails: Egg dumping behavior | Juneau Empire
Juneau Empire· 3 days agoEgg-dumping refers to the behavior of a female who puts her eggs in another animal’s nest, leaving all other parental behavior to the ...
Tiny frog may be key to hundreds of species surviving climate change | Fox 11 Tri Cities Fox 41...
FOX 11/41 Yakima· 23 hours agoA tiny frog may be the key to hundreds of species surviving climate change, suggests a new study....
Intestinal Flora Could Affect Decision-Making
Medscape· 3 days agoIncreasing evidence suggests that the gut microbiome influences socio-affective behavior, particularly in animals. A team of researchers from the...
Why Do Cats Meow? And Why Do They Mostly Meow At Humans?
Inverse· 7 days agoYour cat meows at you and you’ll say something back — or even meow in response. This is a common...
Why are flat-faced dogs so yappy? Answer lies in change from their wolfish ancestors
Daily Telegraph· 2 days agoWolves, the ancestor of dogs, have long noses and facial muscles which produce expressions that are...
Paleontologists Uncover Rare Skull of 500-Pound 'Thunder Bird' in Australia
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 days agoUntil about 45,000 years ago, a giant, flightless bird called Genyornis newtoni roamed Australia....
New snake may unlock animal mysteries
Newsweek· 6 days agoA new snake discovery in Saudi Arabia has increased hope that more are waiting to be found in the region, researchers have said. The Rhynchocalamus...