Researchers study teeth from two of Japan's rarest mammals to determine dietary needs and aid conservation
Japan's Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu ...
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Intelligence Evolved at Least Twice in Vertebrate Animals
Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence ...
What ancient animal fables from India teach about political wisdom
Pañcatantra,’ a striking collection of animal fables in which birds, lions and others speak and reason as humans do, guides ...
A URI study using millions of animal photos revealed some surprising behavior
Researchers collected images of 445 different species and the data could redefine how some animals are classified.
Researchers Uncover 500 Million-Year-Old Origins of Human Appetite Hormone
A human appetite hormone, bombesin, also controls feeding in starfish, showing it evolved over 500 million years ago. A team ...
Smithsonian Magazine2d
There Might Be Something Human in the Way Bonobos Communicate—Their Calls Share a Key Trait With Our Language, Study Suggests
Researchers attempted to decode bonobo calls by recording their social context, then analyzed how the primates string ...
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Why Aren't We Using More Animal Cloning In Conservation? First Review Exposes Common Misconceptions And Untapped Potential
Animal cloning has also been dismissed as a way of producing infertile individuals with limited lifespans, but the review ...
Science Daily3d
Animal behavioral diversity at risk in the face of declining biodiversity
Drastic declines in biodiversity due to human activities present risks to understanding animal behaviors such as tool use, according to new research. Shrinking animal populations make the study of ...