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What if harsh environments don’t stress animals at all? Research on South Africa’s striped mice shows survival can depend on conserving energy, not fighting back.

Animals use home ranges for daily activities such as foraging, mating, and caring for young. Home ranges are often smaller than daily ranges — the areas used within a single day — though the two can b...

Animals in harsh environments rely on specialised adaptations. Two decades of field research on African striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio) in the Succulent Karoo semi-desert reveal a distinct ‘harshnes...

It doesn't take much imagination to realise that surviving in a desert requires a special kind of toughness. Each year, African striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio) living in the Succulent Karoo, South Af...

Highlighted Article: Osmolality is a biomarker for dehydration in mammals: data from 12 years show that striped mice have increased blood osmolality during the dry season, especially when food availab...

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Co-BreeD is the first updatable and open-source database dedicated to cooperative breeding. It enables continuous, non-binary measurement of cooperative breeding, transforming how we study breeding s....

International Remote Seminar on Frontiers in Social Evolution (FINE) • Meet weekly with people worldwide who are fascinated by social evolution. • Hear talks about sociality of naturally occurring p...

Ultrasonic calls, too high for the human ear to detect, convey a wealth of information across the rodent’s territory.

Perrier et al. show that wild African striped mice (R. pumilio) use short-range ultrasonic signals for large-scale communication. By vocalizing at key territorial locations, they extend the functional...

International Remote Seminar on Frontiers in Social Evolution (FINE) • Meet weekly with people worldwide who are fascinated by social evolution. • Hear talks about sociality of naturally occurring p...

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Here you can introduce yourself. Please send us to  solitary.living.evolution@gmail.com  profiles of yourself, your students, your colleagues, following the same format as in the examples you find...

Food storing to cope with food reduction during winter has been observed in many rodents in the northern hemisphere. Food storing could also be adapti…

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A new understanding of why some animals evolved to be loners, and the benefits that brings, shows that a social lifestyle isn’t necessarily superior

Home range size limits the amount of resources an individual can access; hence, it often increases with energy demands. However, maintaining a large home range also requires more energy expenditure, a...