by Abby Navin | Nov 11, 2020 | Urban ecology
While birds and humans have coexisted for quite some time, exploring the effect of the human gaze on Herring Gulls may be more telling of our evolving relationship with animals in the age of rapid urbanization. It’s no surprise that birds fly away at the sight...
by Abby Navin | Oct 22, 2020 | Social behavior
Despite their meek and subtle attitude, land tortoises are making us question the established belief of why animals at birth evolved to gravitate towards ‘faces.’ You may not remember being a baby, but your parents remember how often you’d touch their face, it’s...
