Tag: Wildlife
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Smooth Brains, Sharp Senses: How Manatees Defy Expectations With Unique Adaptations
A new study highlights how manatees thrive in challenging environments through their unique biology, including smooth brains and specialized sensory hairs. These adaptations enable them to navigate murky waters, detect subtle movements, and avoid predators. The research emphasizes the need for conservation efforts as threats to manatees increase due to habitat loss and boat collisions.
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Family Matters: 30-Year Study Reveals Long-Tailed Tits Survival Strategy
Discover how the long-tailed tit—a featherweight songbird with a tail longer than its body—rewrites the rules of survival through family teamwork. Groundbreaking research spanning 30 years reveals their secret: kin neighborhoods where failed breeders become helpers, predators unknowingly fuel cooperation, and even migration can’t break family bonds. Learn how these birds use vocal passwords, strategic…
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Female Bonobos Unite to Outrank Males, Study Reveals
A new study about wild bonobos reveals that females gain power over males not through size or strength, but by forming alliances. Reviewing three decades of data across six bonobo communities, researchers found that female coalitions are the key to their social rise, challenging assumptions about gender dynamics in the animal kingdom. Strength in Numbers…
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Why Did The Owl Cross The Road? GPS Study Uncovers Clever Survival Tactics.
In the forests and suburbs of southeast Australia, the threatened powerful owl (Ninox strenua) face a common problem: how to cross the road. A new study using GPS trackers revealed how these threatened birds navigate human-built landscapes while avoiding danger. Researchers followed 37 powerful owls over seven years, uncovering surprising strategies that could reshape how…
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Nature’s Happy Hour: Chimps Share Boozy Fruit, Scientists Find
Wild chimpanzees in Guinea-Bissau’s Cantanhez National Park have been observed for the first time eating and sharing fermented fruits containing alcohol, according to a study recently published in Current Biology. Researchers found that these clever primates selectively consumed overripe African breadfruit, which naturally ferments on the forest floor, with some fruits packing up to 0.61%…
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Candid Cameras Catch Wildlife Being Wild
Using remote trail cameras, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been capturing the hidden lives of wildlife. The candid images of bobcats, black bears, and elusive owls reveal fascinating behaviors while keeping human disturbance to a minimum. Great Horned Owl: Nighttime Ninja A great horned owl at Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge shows off…
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How AI Is Learning To Talk To Dolphins
Decades of wild dolphin research combined with the latest developments in AI technology are offering new hope for unraveling the mysteries of dolphin communication. Google has announced groundbreaking progress in its partnership with the Wild Dolphin Project and Georgia Tech to develop DolphinGemma, an AI model designed to decipher and mimic the vocalizations of wild…
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Fish Are Getting High On Anxiety Meds
Scientists recently discovered that anti-anxiety medication clobazam is leaching into waterways and affecting the migration of Atlantic Salmon. In a study published in Science, researchers found these fish passed through dams faster and seemingly with more focus than unexposed salmon. Field Experiment: Tracking Salmon in Sweden’s River Dal The scientists note that anxiety drugs like…
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These rescued sun bears got a second chance in the wild. Scientists tracked their fates.
In the lush rainforests of Malaysia, a team of scientists has uncovered the hidden struggles and triumphs of rescued and rehabilitated Bornean sun bears as they adapt to life in the wild. Using GPS collars, researchers tracked a dozen bears to understand their adaptation to the wild, uncovering both resilience and risks. The bears, rescued…