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Animal behaviour

July 2024

  • Pictures showing the same hen resting (not blushing) and when scared (blushing)

    Hens appear to blush when scared or excited, researchers find

  • Ginger tom cat at rest in a garden on a summer day.

    How my ginger tom became a terrible klepto-cat

  • Komodo dragon

    Komodo dragons have iron-coated teeth, scientists find

  • a dog

    Stress in humans can affect how optimistic dogs feel, research suggests

  • Chimpanzees communicate in similar quick-fire fashion to humans, study shows

  • Cat burglars: scientists try to solve mystery of why felines ‘steal’ random objects

  • Climate crisis has impact on insects’ colours and sex lives, study finds

  • Herring gull chicks would rather have fish than your chips, finds study

  • Science Weekly
    ‘Lesbian’ seagulls and ‘gay’ rams: the endless sexual diversity of nature – podcast

  • Ants can carry out life-saving amputations on injured nest mates, study shows

  • Scientists ignored ‘gay’ animals for years. When will we get over our human hang-ups about the natural world?

    Elle Hunt

June 2024

  • Volunteers on the beach under the pier examine a pool of water searching for living creatures

    The Great British Seaside
    Life under the pier: ‘It never occurred to me what might be here’

    Curiosity and a fascination with nature have brought volunteers together to survey sea life under the pier in Ryde on the Isle of Wight, to help experts gauge what’s thriving – and what isn’t
  • Two male Rhesus macaques

    Animal homosexual behaviour under-reported by scientists, survey shows

    Study finds same-sex sexual behaviour in primates and other mammals widely observed but seldom published
  • Coco Khan

    A dialogue with your pets? Do you really want a cat to say you look dog-rough today?

    Coco Khan
    Scientists think two-way communication is a good idea. But some things are better left unsaid, according to the writer and podcaster Coco Khan

May 2024

  • Golden Retriever Huxley enjoys a drink in the pub with friends

    $10m prize launched for team that can truly talk to the animals

    AI expected to help researchers unlock two-way communication, say team that includes Tel Aviv University

April 2024

  • Young nurse in medical scrubs and gloves looking at labrador and holding him while veterinarian gives injection

    Science Weekly
    Hardwired to eat: what can our dogs teach us about obesity? – podcast

    Labradors are known for being greedy dogs, and now scientists have come up with a theory about the genetic factors that might be behind their behaviour. Science correspondent and labrador owner Nicola Davis visits Cambridge University to meet Dr Eleanor Raffan and Prof Giles Yeo to find out how understanding this pathway could help us treat the obesity crisis in humans
  • A common eastern bumblebee in flight with pollen sacs

    Bumblebee species able to survive underwater for up to a week

    Common eastern bumblebee queens’ ability while hibernating could help it endure flooding, scientists say

    • Licence to trill: Molly the magpie returned to Queensland carers after special wildlife permit granted

    • Bonobos not the peace-loving primates once thought, study reveals

    • Molly the magpie set to be reunited with carers ‘very soon’, Queensland premier says

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