17 May 13 | Michael Balter, Science
Until fairly recently, many scientists thought that only humans had culture, but that idea is now being crushed by an avalanche of recent research with monkeys and whales.

13 Apr 13 | University of Warwick, Physorg
Chimpanzees not only coordinate actions with each other but also understand the need to help a partner perform their role to achieve a common goal.

13 Mar 13 | ScienceDaily
A new study demonstrates what researchers consider conclusive evidence that the red wine compound resveratrol directly activates a protein that promotes health and longevity in animal models.

25 Feb 13 | Lizzie Wade, Science
Can sex pheromones evolve without anyone noticing? A team of researchers found that one wasp species has developed a specific scent, which keeps it from mating with other species.

1 Jan 13 | Sarah C.P. Williams, Science
After an exhaustive search for the creepy crawlies living in a small patch of Panama’s rain forest, researchers have discovered that the entire 6’000-hectare forest could harbor up to 25’246 arthropod species.

17 Dec 12 | Nathaniel Rich, New York Times
The jellyfish can transform itself back to a polyp, the organism’s earliest stage of life, and appears to debunk the most fundamental law of the natural world: you are born, and then you die.

29 Oct 12 | Ewen Callaway, Nature
The incredible story of ‘Noc’, who could imitate a human’s voice and used an underwater microphone to make contact with scientists. Video.

1 Oct 12 | Marc Bekoff, New Scientist
Now that scientists have belatedly declared that mammals, birds and many other animals are conscious, it is time for society to act.

7 Sep 12 | Kathryn Lougheed, Nature
The biology of aphids is bizarre: they can be born pregnant and males sometimes lack mouths. In an addition to their list of anomalies, they may also capture sunlight and use the energy for metabolic purposes.

7 Sep 12 | Rebecca Saxe, Edge
Can science in general, or neuroscience in particular, be used to understand what drives conflict, what prevents reconciliation, why some interventions work for some people some of the time, and how to make and evaluate better ones. Video.

13 Aug 12 | Jude Dineley, Cosmos
Australian bottlenose dolphins that use marine sponges to forage for food have been found to communicate in cliques, in the first definitive example of social networks in animals.

1 Aug 12 | Bob Yirka, Phys.org
Researchers have discovered a way to find individual cells that respond to a magnetic field in one species of migrating fish.

1 Aug 12 | Royal Holloway, University of London
Psychologists created an experimental situation that resembles the experience of looking at yourself in the mirror, but they replaced the ‘mirror reflection’ with that of a stranger.

13 Mar 12 | Zoë Corbyn, New Scientist
A tarsier could be screaming its head off and you would never know it. Uniquely among primates, some of the diminutive mammal’s calls are made up of pure ultrasound.

9 Mar 12 | Ian Sample, Guardian
Campaign for intelligent marine mammals to have right to life, which would protect them from hunters and captivity.

17 Feb 12 | Victoria Gill, BBC
Coral might appear solid and inanimate, but surprising new footage of a mushroom coral inflating itself to escape a sandy burial has brought the organism to life.

23 Dec 11 | Jonathan Balcombe, Positive News
Advances in our knowledge and understanding of animal sentience are compelling us to reconsider our prejudices toward animals.

21 Nov 11 | James Gorman, The New York Times
A major push by advocacy groups could bring a decision within a year to stop lab experiments assailed as cruel and unnecessary. 

Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience.
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The Oriental hornet has a unique ability to harvest solar energy, scientists have discovered. 21 Dec 10