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Cheetahs to prowl India for first time in 70 years
The mammals are coming from Namibia in a deal that has been in negotiations since 2020.
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Endangered red wolf populations could be revived with 'ghost' genes from coyotes, scientists say
Scientists are hopeful that the endangered red wolf population could be revived now that a significant portion of its DNA has been found in wild coyote populations.
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Top predators could 'trap' themselves trying to adapt to climate change, study shows
As climate change alters environments across the globe, scientists have discovered that in response, many species are shifting the timing of major life events, such as reproduction.
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Wild turtles age slowly. Some basically don't age at all
New research finds that turtles in the wild age slowly and have long lifespans, and identifies several species that essentially don't age at all.
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The Social Brains of Primates
Number of social connections predicts the volume of brain structures in monkeys.
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Scientists find dingoes genetically different from domestic dogs after decoding genome
The canine is an intermediary between wolves and domestic dog breeds, research shows
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From wolf to chihuahua: new research reveals where the dingo sits on the evolutionary timeline of dogs
The first high-quality Australian dingo genome gives a multi-thousand-year-old snapshot into the evolutionary history of dogs.
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Hidden World of Octopus Cities and Culture Shows why it's Wrong to Farm These Sentient Creatures
A recently proposed aquaculture octopus farm in the Canary Islands would raise 3,000 tonnes of octopus a year, which means almost 275,000 individual octopuses will be killed annually.
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Fish can perform addition and subtraction, finds study
Cichlid and stingray fish species can perform simple calculations in numbers ranging from one to five, a study stated. Researchers trained them to perform simple additions and substractions by increasing and decreasing an initial value by one. They can also be trained to detect smaller quantities without even counting. It, however, is not known what these fish need their mathematical abilities for.
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How America Saved Millions of Dogs—By Moving Them
How adoptable animals became a cultural phenomenon in their own right, and a key part of a transformation of companion-animal welfare.
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The world’s first octopus farm - should it go ahead?
The world’s first commercial octopus farm is closer to becoming reality - but scientists are up in arms.
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Is there any such thing as a truly 'wild' animal anymore?
As human populations expand into what was once the territory of wild animals, we've drastically altered their natural environment and living conditions. The dilemma of how we should consider and treat wild animals, has never been more difficult than it is right now. So how much should we intervene?
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The Unconventional Weapon Against Future Wildfires: Goats
Lani Malmberg travels with a few hundred goats, which eat the tall brush and grasses that power Western wildfires.
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Thirteen gorillas test positive for Covid at Atlanta zoo
Western lowland gorillas are believed to have caught the virus from a zookeeper
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Female octopuses throw shells at males annoying them
Researchers observe animals raising arms in direction of thrower or ducking in anticipation
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New Study Shows Dogs Adore Human Smiles (and Vice Versa!) Because of the 'Love Hormone'
You’re not imagining it: Your dog loves looking deeply into your eyes while you smile just as much as you love your pup’s sweet doggie grin. It’s clearly a mutual admiration between the two of you, but it’s also science.
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Female octopuses throw things at males that are harassing them
An analysis of footage of octopuses off the coast of Australia “throwing” shells and silt suggests that they intentionally target – and often hit – other octopuses. In most cases, it is females that do the throwing, often at males that are harassing them. In 2015, Peter Godfrey-Smith at the University of Sydney and his colleagues filmed several common Sydney octopuses (Octopus tetricus) interacting at a site in Jervis Bay dubbed “Octopolis”. It is one of the few places in the otherwise sandy sea bottom where octopuses can make dens, so there are an unusual number of the animals in a small area.
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Baby bats babble like humans
Scientists who systematically eavesdropped on bat roosts in Costa Rica have discovered baby-bat babbling bears a striking resemblance to that of human infants. The bats produce rhythmic sounds and repeat key "building-block syllables". And this suggests - just like in human infants - their babbling lays the foundations for communication.
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Eyes wide shut: How newborn mammals dream the world they’re entering
Yale researchers observing the brains of closed-eyed baby mice found waves that help explain why mammals can navigate their environment so soon after birth.
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Dogs will ignore you if they know you are lying, unlike young children
Dogs tend to ignore suggestions from people who are lying, hinting that – unlike human infants and some other primates – they might recognise when a person is being deceptive
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