Forget The Flea Circus, Bees Can Do All The Tricks
When we think of animals doing tricks, we’re likely to think of dogs or maybe even a parrot But you probably didn’t think of bumblebees...
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New discoveries in animal behavior and cognition
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Male and Female Voices: Can Dogs Tell?
After glancing at the people in the photo above, what did you think? Perhaps you just thought ‘four people’, or ‘older people’, but it’s likely if I asked you to describe it you would say, ‘two men, two women’...
Mice Will Approach Another Mouse in Pain, But Only When He's Top Mouse
Mice, like us, are social animals. As social animals they like to hang out with each other. Also like us, they don't just hang out with anyone.
Why Does This Lizard Have Such Fabulous Colours?
Despite having the underwhelming name the `common wall lizard', this lizard sports some amazing colours on its underside. Although its back is a boring brown colour, presumably to be less visible to predators, the males have some fabulous colours on their bellies, as well as UV-blue patches down their sides (sadly not visible to us)...
Scientists Get Primates to Play Cards
A few months ago I moved to Reno, Nevada. Although I haven't been to a casino yet myself, living in a so-called `casino town' makes you acutely aware of the effects of gambling on people...
Spiders are Disturbed by Human Noise
Regardless what you might think of spiders, once you find out a bit about their behaviour it's hard to deny that they are at the very least, interesting animals.
Best of Not Bad Science
I recently realised that I had published 50 blog posts here at Scientific American Mind. When I first became interested in science writing as a PhD student a few years ago, I had no idea that I would end up having the privilege of writing for an online science magazine of such high calibre...
Disproving Hollywood Stereotypes: The Bare Bones of Piranha Behaviour
Article by Amy Deacon People eat fish, Grogan. Fish dont eat people reassures the camp leader in the film Piranha, shortly before a shoal of incredibly voracious fish turn the waters alongside the camp site red, in a savage attack on innocent bathers...
Human Noise Disturbs Different Fish in Different Ways
It is well known that animals are affected by human noise pollution. For example, dark-eyed junco birds that live in cities sing both louder and with a different song than their countryside counterparts...
Black Widows Have More Control Over Their Attacks Than You Think
Imagine that youre being attacked by a lion. Or if you happen to be a lion-wrestler, imagine that its a shark. How hard are you going to fight back?
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