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Scientific Reports - Body awareness in Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana)

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How can we tell when a hedgehog is stressed? Ph.D. researcher Emily Harper explains how her new research has validated a non-invasive method for measuring stress by analyzing hormones in hedgehog fece...

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Urbanization is one of the most important forms of human-driven landscape change, altering wildlife populations in unprecedented ways. In terms of beh…

ecological validity in comparative cognitive science

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From raccoons solving puzzle boxes to dogs leaving saliva samples, scientists are experimenting with less invasive ways to study wildlife.

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When I was a postdoctoral researcher, I spent several years teaching at an interdisciplinary research institute in Vienna, Austria. There, my main course sought to train master’s students—mostly biolo...

MD survey for understanding what topics the dog community would like to see in future canine science research projects.

Hypothetical relationship between urbanisation intensity and bat species population persistence framed through a species refuge concept. Moderately urbanised landscapes may function as temporal refug...

Scientists have devoted a surprising amount of time to sussing out our feline friends’ behaviour, including why they prefer some humans

Abstract. The exchange of reasons in rational discourse is crucial for resolving disagreements. In a preregistered cross-cultural study, 360 5- to 9-year-o