Family group from our study population in Pilanesberg, South Africa.
Graeme Shannon
We showed for the first time that social disruption and trauma - such as culling of older elephants - has a lasting impact on the behaviour of African elephants.
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Cats are in charge – but living with one can be one of life’s greatest joys. Here’s some guidance on choosing the right feline for you.
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Badgers are shy and nocturnal animals. It’s time to challenge false perceptions and end the cruelty towards this iconic mammal.
Chimpanzee female applying an insect to a wound on the face of an adult chimpanzee male
Tobias Deschner/Ozouga chimpanzee project
How Rekambo chimpanzees demonstrate a number of ground breaking behaviours never seen before in animals.
Wild vervet monkeys.
Chris Young
Why social interaction isn’t always a good thing for primates, especially for individuals with a fever.
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The ocean is naturally noisy. Here’s what all the buzz is about.
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Orangutan mothers use a range of techniques to teach their offspring up the age of five - but their tolerance for sharing their food only lasts so long.
Some lumpfish are friendly, others not so much.
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Personality profiling reveals hidden behaviour of cleaner fish used to control parasites in salmon aquaculture.
Perran Ross
Male mosquitoes gather around humans, likely in an attempt to mate with blood-sucking females.
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Many Victorians claim their cat or dog was acting strangely before yesterday’s earthquake. And while there’s no real evidence animals can predict a quake, they may be more sensitive to very tiny ones.
A reconstruction of face-biting gorgonopsian skulls.
Sophie Vrard, Creaphi
Finding a fossil tooth embedded in bone is always great news for palaeontologists, as it is the gateway to some otherwise out-of-reach understanding of the behaviour of extinct animals.
Claire Goiran
During mating season, a male turtle-headed sea snake will often lose sight of the female before mating can happen. The female may be metres away, but the male won’t ever find her again.
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Dogs that have grown used to being around humans all the time might suffer from separation anxiety.
Diana Robinson
Some lay their eggs and leave, others carry their young for a year in a pouch: in nature, maternal care comes in many forms.
Sandhill Crane with adopted Canada Goose gosling.
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Biologists are puzzled by evidence of animals that care for those from other social groups or even species.
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You share the same drug habits, the same age-related memory problems and are similarly impatient when forced to wait for food.
Red squirrels benefit from long-term social relationships with their neighbours — from a distance.
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Red squirrels are solitary by nature, but research has found that they benefit from familiarity with other squirrels.
The fangblenny pretends to be a helpful ‘cleaner fish’ but actually bites its hosts.
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Even the most mutually-beneficial evolutionary relationship can turn sour.
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Different animals have different ways of showing they’re happy. Their behaviours aren’t as straightforward as you might think.
Coyotes and other wildlife are making backyards and urban communities part of their homes.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Silvio Santos
Lethal methods and relocation aren’t effective, sustainable or humane approaches to human-wildlife conflicts.