Scientists Keep Finding the Same Mysterious Beat Across the Animal Kingdom, From Fireflies to Sea Lions
Credit: Pexels Fireflies flash, crickets chirp, and sea lions bark. Three examples with signals so radically different that…
Stupid Hot: Heat Waves Are Making Animals More Aggressive, Forgetful and Less Alert
Illustration: ZME Science. On scorching days in South Africa’s Kalahari, female southern pied babblers can have trouble solving…
Monkeys Understand Shapes in Almost the Same Way as Humans
You (probably) won’t find a monkey in a geometry class, but it looks like our fellow primates can…
How Bruce the Parrot Landed Atop the Pecking Order, Without a Beak
In 2021, a disabled parrot named Bruce made headlines worldwide for creating his own prosthetic beak. He didn’t…
Raccoons Keep Picking Locks Even After They’ve Eaten the Reward. Scientists Say They Do It to “Forage Information”
A raccoon and puzzlebox from the experiment. Credit: Hannah Griebling The marshmallow was gone, but the trash pandas…