Elizabeth Speechley March 13, 2024 The surprising key to magpie intelligence: it’s not genetic Lizzie Speechley, The University of Western Australia Magpies are expert problem-solvers – but just how good they are seems to depend on the size of the social group they grow up in.
Terry Ord September 20, 2023 The social lives of kangaroos are more complex than we thought Nora Campbell, UNSW Sydney New research shows kangaroos may form long-term friendships.
Shutterstock November 25, 2022 Monkeys’ brains are wired to read body language – just like ours Jessica Taubert, The University of Queensland Rhesus monkeys respond to fearful body language in members of their own species, as well as humans and cats.
Great white sharks are not normally thought of as social creatures. Yannis Papastamatiou April 11, 2022 Great white sharks occasionally hunt in pairs – new research sheds light on social behavior of these mysterious predators Yannis Papastamatiou, Florida International University Researchers have discovered that great white sharks are more social than previously thought. Using specialized tags, they tracked six sharks and found that some stay close to each other when hunting.