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Macaque tooth wear was identical to our ancestors, throwing into question the long held belief that tool use caused the markings on hominin tooth fossils.
Insects such as ants and beetles use ingenious processes in their brains to work out how far they’ve travelled and in what direction - we’ve now discovered how they remember their way home.
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.
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.
Badgers are shy and nocturnal animals. It’s time to challenge false perceptions and end the cruelty towards this iconic mammal.
How Rekambo chimpanzees demonstrate a number of ground breaking behaviours never seen before in animals.
Why social interaction isn’t always a good thing for primates, especially for individuals with a fever.
The ocean is naturally noisy. Here’s what all the buzz is about.
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.
Personality profiling reveals hidden behaviour of cleaner fish used to control parasites in salmon aquaculture.
Male mosquitoes gather around humans, likely in an attempt to mate with blood-sucking females.
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.
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.
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.
Dogs that have grown used to being around humans all the time might suffer from separation anxiety.
Some lay their eggs and leave, others carry their young for a year in a pouch: in nature, maternal care comes in many forms.
Biologists are puzzled by evidence of animals that care for those from other social groups or even species.
You share the same drug habits, the same age-related memory problems and are similarly impatient when forced to wait for food.
Red squirrels are solitary by nature, but research has found that they benefit from familiarity with other squirrels.
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Associate Professor, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Salford
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Professor of Animal Behaviour and Welfare, University of Sydney
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Asso. Professor in Anthropology, University College London, UCL
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Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Liverpool John Moores University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Evolutionary Ecology, Griffith University
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PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide
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Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University
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Reader in Biology, University of St Andrews
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Veterinary Science, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Research Associate, Monash University
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
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Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Bangor University
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Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow, University of Exeter
