Animal behavior
Bottlenose dolphin steals prey by making fish vomit
A bottlenose dolphin at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia steals food from predatory fish: it chases bigeye trevally (*Caranx sexfasciatus*) until they vomit up their prey, then makes off with the morsel.
It is lions that follow spotted hyenas – not the other way round
New research into the movement patterns of wild lions and spotted hyenas indicates that male lions tend to proactively seek out hyenas. 'The idea that hyenas follow lion prides...
In the animal kingdom, there’s more to power than brute force
Power struggles within animal groups are often thought to revolve around fierce competition and the survival of the fittest. But recent research shows that the image of the all-powerful alpha male is one-sided – and that countervailing power is a natural phenomenon too.
War in Ukraine triggers behavioural changes in wild mammals
Using camera trap footage from the period of the Russian occupation of Ukraine's Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in 2022, European researchers have analysed the effects...
Young jackdaws learn danger from adults’ alarm calls
Nestlings listen to the calls of adult jackdaws to learn associations between raptor sounds and danger.
Orang-utans harness the power of the power nap
Photo: Wikimedia/Joeavison1
Sleep deprivation from a disturbed night? Orang-utans solve it with a nap (or two).
It is, if we're honest, rather lovely: a quick power...
Sea turtles navigate by mental map of Earth’s magnetic field
Loggerhead sea turtles frequently return to the same foraging sites during migrations, using a mental map of Earth's magnetic field to do so. Photo:...