New research finds around a quarter of Labrador retriever dogs face a double-whammy of feeling hungry all the time and burning fewer calories due to...
Butterfly populations in northern Spain are better than their UK counterparts at regulating their body temperature, but rising global temperatures...
Wild honeyguide birds prefer to cooperate with people who have learned local cultural traditions to find and access honey-filled bees’ nests, a new...
Research on neighbouring chimpanzee communities in the forests of West Africa suggests a warfare tactic not previously seen beyond humans is...
The tale of two charismatic species cooperating for mutual benefit has captivated naturalists for centuries – but evidence has been patchy...
Illusion involving a hidden thumb confounds capuchin and squirrel monkeys for the same reason as humans – it misdirects the expected outcomes of...
Cambridge researchers have observed a highly unusual behaviour in the endangered freshwater mussel, Unio crassus.
A study has found that Eurasian jays can pass a version of the ‘marshmallow test’ – and those with the greatest self-control also score the highest...
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Its close cousin Baryonyx probably swam too, but Suchomimus might have waded like a heron.
Researchers have captured on film the moment when a Seychelles giant tortoise, Aldabrachelys gigantea , attacked and ate a tern chick. This is the...
Cuttlefish can remember what, where, and when specific things happened – right up to their last few days of life, researchers have found.
