by Matteo Pescione | Oct 22, 2024 | Communication, Social behavior
We’ve all heard that bees are fundamental pollinators—they’re responsible for approximately 30% of global human food production for crying out loud (Khalifa et al., 2021)! Yet for all their heroics on agricultural crop and wildflower pollen propagation, we tend to...
by Alexis Jean-Baptiste | Oct 22, 2024 | Animal Tales for Kids
“Giraffes as Titans?!” Many species have gone through “trial-and-error” versions of themselves in evolution. We have come to appreciate animals...
by Andrew Lazowski | Oct 22, 2024 | Communication
Like humans, almost all animals face heat stresses in the environments in which they live, over both brief and prolonged periods of time. Honeybees are no exception to this group, as the species has devised certain ways of cooling themselves, as well as the colonies...
by Valeriia Lukianova | Oct 22, 2024 | Communication
With the importance of the natural world staying interconnected, it is no wonder that animals develop their own “language” to communicate with each other and survive environmental challenges. While some incorporate various signals for social cues such as sending a...
by Adele Cutler | Oct 22, 2024 | Personality, Social behavior
Domesticated rabbits are known for their companionship, and are often friendly animals similar to a dog or cat, but this is not the case for wild rabbits. If you were to try and pick up a wild rabbit they would run away, but do you think some would be more willing...
