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How wildlife help sustain the health of an ecosystem
When the fur trade wiped out North America’s sea otters in the early 20th century, sea urchins—a favorite otter food— ...
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Saving the cultural legacy of wild animals
Animals use tools and pass knowledge through culture, aiding survival and adaptation. Human impact is destroying these ...
Animal behavioral diversity at risk in the face of declining biodiversity
Our environment is changing rapidly, largely as a result of human activities, leading to a significant decline in ...
Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen
To do this, Berthet and her colleagues built a database of 700 bonobo calls and deciphered them using methods drawn from ...
Animals that are all black or all white have reputations based on superstition − biases that have real effects
This superstition about black cats and other black animals in general has shaped people’s preferences about animals. It’s left its mark on things such as lower adoption rates for black cats and ...
Preventing the spread of bird flu at Indian Creek Zoo
Like every zookeeper, Garverick has concerns about the bird flu coming into his zoo from wild flocks. So, workers here do ...