Butterfly wing patterns and flight dynamics work in tandem to create powerful visual illusions that confuse predators, potentially representing one of the most successful visual defence strategies in ...

As animal behaviorists increasingly use AI in their research, they grapple with how to wield the technology responsibly

Abstract. Pinnipeds (true seals, eared seals and walruses) are the only mammals that can hear effectively in both air and water. How and when they achieved

The hippocampus exhibits a CA3-to-CA1 coding transformation that combines fast learning with an efficient, compressed neural code.

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In this study, we show that male sperm whales produce low-frequency slow clicks at low repetition rates with extreme source levels > 200 dB re 1 µPa (pp), making them the loudest mammalian communicat...

The arcuate fasciculus (af) is a crucial dorsal pathway underpinning human language, yet its weak frontal connectivity in macaques—the standard pri...

Timmy, a humpback whale stranded in Germany 6 weeks ago, was ailing and may already be dead

A leading neuroscientist describes the long evolutionary process that led to the human brain

The Stellar sea lion reportedly sounds like a falling tree when he belly flops onto floats.

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A toxic chemical produced by algal blooms damages the Sea Lion's memory and learning centres

Harbour seals 'talk' with their parrot-like brains, 'flaming hot' ice in Uranus and Neptune, Yellowstone's wolves and ravens, a thigh bone from the earliest human and the future of animal testing

Mental imagery allows us to remember previous experiences and imagine new ones. Animal studies have yielded rich insight into mechanisms for visual perception, but the neural mechanisms for visual imagery remain poorly understood. We determined that ...

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Scientific Reports - Sensorimotor synchronization to rhythm in an experienced sea lion rivals that of humans

Flexible, abstract rhythm perception underpins human music, dance, and speech, but thus far, it has only been demonstrated in a few birds and mammals. In this work, we show that bumble bees also form ...

Each month, The Transmitter explores creative approaches neuroscientists are taking to solve problems that arise in their research. In this installment, we see how researchers work backward from speci...