Some lay their eggs and leave, others carry their young for a year in a pouch: in nature, maternal care comes in many forms.
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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.
Even the most mutually-beneficial evolutionary relationship can turn sour.
Different animals have different ways of showing they're happy. Their behaviours aren't as straightforward as you might think.
Lethal methods and relocation aren't effective, sustainable or humane approaches to human-wildlife conflicts.
New research shows how tamarin monkeys transfer new types of food to their young.
Patting, shoeing, grooming, feeding, and even putting them in a stable - the list of seemingly benign human interactions that can confuse or upset horses is surprisingly long. On the eve of the official Horse's Birthday, we explain why.
Some animals demonstrate an ability for mathematics that reflects a more sophisticated understanding of language.
One aquarium in Japan has asked the public to make video calls to captive garden eels so they don't forget about human visitors.
Clapping underwater takes real strength. But wild grey seals can do it, to warn off competitors and attract potential mates.
When a male bluehead wrasse is removed from the group he dominates, the largest female changes sex, rapidly transforming ovaries into sperm-producing testes. Molecular research shows how.
Not all pets will make good house cats, but there are ways to make a life indoors more fulfilling.
Prey species rely on camouflage and escape to avoid getting eaten. How can they make them work together?
Magpie attacks aren't as common as you (and the media) might think. But here are a few tricks to get you through swooping season unscathed - and a few classic tactics that don't work.
New research suggests some dinosaurs buried and protected eggs in groups.
Cooperation or theft? New observations show wild leopard seals sharing food when targeting king penguins in Antarctica.
Understanding happiness in chickens could tell us how to improve their housing.
We need to understand what a swallow's nest is really for – and it is not mainly for sleeping.
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Salford
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Evolutionary Ecology, Griffith University
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Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Liverpool John Moores University
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Lecturer in Anthropology, University College London, UCL
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Postdoctoral researcher, University of Sydney
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Centre Manager & Industry Liaison Officer ARC ITTC Centre for Fruit Fly Biosecurity Innovation, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer, Centre for Behaviour and Evolution, Newcastle University
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Lecturer, University of Exeter
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Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow, University of Exeter
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Ecologist, Edinburgh Napier University
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Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Behaviour, Welfare & Ethics, James Cook University
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Animal Scientist, Nottingham Trent University
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Curator of Vertebrate Zoology and Palaeontology, Monash University
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Fellow, Keele University
