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Category: animals
Dolphins Use Double Sonar
15 June 2011
Dolphins and porpoises use echolocation for hunting and orientation. By sending out high-frequency sound, known as ultrasound, dolphins can use the...
Penguins coordinate movement to keep warm
06 June 2011
Penguins are remarkable birds who manage to survive in some of the harshest of environments on earth. The survival techniques of Emperor penguins...
Bees show signs of negative emotions
06 June 2011
When people feel depressed or anxious, they are much more likely to see their glass as half empty rather than half full. Evidence of this same...
OneKind interviews Jonathan Balcombe on The Exultant Ark
03 June 2011
Jonathan Balcombe is an academic and also a successful author of a number of popular books about animals emotions: specifically animals' pleasure. To...
Fish ‘count’ in similar way to humans
26 May 2011
According to a new study, fish can differentiate between quantities as large as 100 and 200. Surprisingly, they show similar numerical skills to...
Seals’ whiskers detect fish size
25 May 2011
Harbour seals can detect the fattest fish using just their whiskers, according to new research. Hunting in the North Sea, harbour seals, often known...
Mother and kid goats recognise each other’s calls
20 May 2011
Mother and kid goats recognise each other's calls soon after the mothers give birth, new research has confirmed. The study measured the...
Chimps are self aware, just like us
17 May 2011
Chimpanzees are self-aware and can anticipate the impact of their actions on the environment around them, an ability once thought by some people to be...
Whales have accents and regional dialects
13 May 2011
Biologists interpreting the language of sperm whales have found that these mystical creatures of the sea have both accents and regional...
Wild chimps use at least 66 gestures to communicate
09 May 2011
Scientists have discovered that wild chimpanzees use at least 66 different gestures to communicate with each other. The researchers from St Andrews...
