by Milo Jones | Oct 22, 2024 | Communication
Turns out humans aren’t the only species that can lay down a slick beat change: A recent study in South Korea revealed that fiddler crabs drum up different beats based on their audience. Fiddler crabs are a very small species of burrowing crab. Only slightly larger...
by Ellie Connor | Oct 22, 2024 | Aggression, Social behavior
Imagine yourself: extremely introverted, a lone-wolf, riding solo. But then imagine you get hungry, and the bag of chips you so desperately want is way up high, on the tallest shelf in the pantry. You know that the fastest, most efficient way to reach your snack is to...
by Julia McGovern | Oct 22, 2024 | Mating, Social behavior
One of the easiest ways for us as humans to tell a loved one from a stranger is by looking at an individual’s face. However, this is not the case for African Penguins. These penguins live in large groups called colonies, where remembering all of the other members can...
by Isabella Shawl | Oct 22, 2024 | Communication
Sound is incredibly important to animals, humans included. Its applications are extensive, such as warning calls to signal danger, sweet purring of a cat to express happiness, a baby’s cry for their mother’s attention, music shared amongst a community, and much more....
by Ollie Peterson | Oct 22, 2024 | Learning
The raccoon is a curious creature. From childhood, we are presented with cartoons of the sneaky raccoon skittering between trees in the forest. They are smart, sly, usually mischievous, and above all, great at finding food– no matter their circumstance. Though you...
