How do fireflies flash in sync? Studies suggest a new answer.
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This animal’s behavior is mechanically programmed
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Japan’s monkey queen faces challenge to her reign: mating season
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Why insects are more sensitive than they seem
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Promethean beasts - Far from being hardwired to flee fire, some animals use it to their own ends, helping us understand our own pyrocognition
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Australian musk ducks have the ability to call you a ‘bloody fool,’ research finds
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Female octopuses throw things at males that are harassing them
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Five parrots separated at British zoo after encouraging each other to curse profusely at guests
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Mimicry: When animals copy other animals
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The doomed mouse utopia that inspired the ‘Rats of NIMH’. Dr. John Bumpass Calhoun spent the ’60s and ’70s playing god to thousands of rodents.
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Book review: Are We Smart Enough To Know How Smart Animals Are?
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How is this horse feeling? New mobile brain wave reader could tell
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Pigs can play video games with their snouts, scientists find
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The oddball dolphin of Dingle: Living solo for decades in an Irish harbor, a dolphin named Fungie has taught us something about solitary cetaceans—maybe they prefer to be alone
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Canada's sparrows are singing a new song. You'll hear it soon
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Why fireworks scare some dogs but not others
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Upside-down jellyfish lob tiny grenades to kill prey
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African grey parrots are the first bird species to pass a test that requires them both to understand when another animal needs help and to actually give assistance
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Scientists taught rats to play hide-and-seek with them
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Anglerfish are increasingly being captured on video, revealing an array of surprising behaviors
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Whistling while they work: Cooperative laguna dolphins have a unique accent
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Snowball the dancing cockatoo has wide range of killer moves, new study finds
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Researchers strapped video cameras on sixteen cats and let them do their thing. Here’s what they found. (Q&A with Maren Huck about her recent study in Applied Animal Behaviour Science)
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Ravens spread negative emotions to their friends, study finds
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The Iranian spider-tailed viper preys on birds by luring them with a spider-shaped bulge on its tail
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A rare trio of bald eagles — two dads, one mom — are raising eaglets together in one nest
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Island birds would likely beat their mainland relatives in a battle of wits
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Parrot's unique brain structure explains why they're so smart
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Why do humans kiss each other when most animals don't?
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Math bee: Honeybees seem to understand the notion of zero
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Dance of the Honeybees: By pairing the sun’s direction with the flow of gravity, honeybees explain the distant locations of food by dancing, essentially using 2D representations of 6D shapes as guides
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3D scans reveal deep-sea anglerfish's huge final meal
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So ... Sometimes fireflies eat other fireflies
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