Improving assessments of an endangered lion population in India
An alternative method for monitoring endangered lions in India could improve estimates of their abundance…
zoology
Hidden away: An enigmatic mammalian brain area revealed in reptiles
The state of unified perception characteristic of a conscious state in humans appears to require…
Primate venom sheds light on why so many people suffer cat allergies
Research into the toxin of the world’s only venomous primate, the slow loris, is shedding…
How and when spines changed in mammalian evolution
From the long necks of giraffes that help them reach treetops to the flexibility of…
Humans not always to blame for genetic diversity loss in wildlife
Conservationists should be wary of assuming that genetic diversity loss in wildlife is always caused…
Female chimps with powerful moms are less likely to leave home
In chimpanzee society, males spend their entire lives in the group where they were born,…
What keeps couples together
In mammals, pair bonds are very rare, one of the few exceptions being the red…
The birds and the bats: Evolving to fly may have had big effect on gut microbiome
It’s no secret there’s a close relationship between humans and our microbiomes – the communities…
Meerkat mobs do ‘war dance’ to protect territory
Meerkat clans perform a ‘war dance’ to frighten opponents and protect their territory, according to…
Koalas climb like apes but bound on the ground like marsupials
Spread across the globe, from Central and South America to Japan, non-human primates have a…