Animal Behavior Archives - Page 10 of 44

Invisible Frogs

November 5, 2015

A Science Update listener wants to know the identity of a nightly neighborhood noisemaker.

Fish Alarms

November 3, 2015

Damselfish attract multiple predators with a chemical cue, giving themselves a way to escape.

Alarm Call Mimics

October 30, 2015

A tiny Australian bird sets off false alarms to fool predators.

Magnetic Monarch Migration

October 26, 2015

Monarch butterflies use the Earth’s magnetic field to guide their migration.

Buzzing Bees

October 21, 2015

Plants turn honeybees into caffeine addicts.

Bumble Bee Tongues

September 29, 2015

Bumble bee tongues have shrunk over the past 40 years of warming in the Rocky Mountains.

Dognition

September 24, 2015

An online project allows dog owners to evaluate their dogs’ minds and contribute to scientific research.

Dinosaur Watching?

September 18, 2015

Is your bird feeder a window back to the Cretaceous period?

Billion Dollar Bats

September 16, 2015

Busy bats are saving farmers a fortune by devouring crop-eating pests.

Kangaroo Cartilage

September 15, 2015

Kangaroos could inspire the design of better artificial joints.

Toxin Sensing Sea Slugs

September 11, 2015

A sea slug co-opts a seaweed’s chemical defenses and its ability to harvest energy from the sun.

Pregnant Males

September 9, 2015

In seahorses, the males get pregnant and nurture the embryos.

Road Noise & Migratory Birds

September 7, 2015

Road noise negatively impacts migratory birds.

Self-Medicating Ants

September 4, 2015

When infected with a fungus, ants know how to get their medicine and how much to take.

Place Memories

August 25, 2015

When a familiar place changes, two brain regions work together to update our memories.

ANCIENT ANATOMY (Encore Presentation) - What dental records from the Mesozoic era can tell us about the lives of dinosaurs. How humans are uniquely adapted to throw baseballs. Also: an automated nature recording system that's monitoring environmental change. And, could vaccinating children protect the elderly as well?

Marmoset Baby Talk

August 17, 2015

A new study suggests baby marmosets’ calls change as they grow up - questioning more than 50 years of conventional wisdom about primate vocalizations.