Behavioral biology
Orangutans learn to eat by watching and experimenting
Young orang-utans acquire their knowledge of food and foraging skills through both social and individual learning.
Chimp community splits apart and descends into lethal violence
What begins with an apparently peaceful transfer of power ends in a violent rupture within the largest studied chimpanzee population in the world. Researchers reconstruct how social tensions spiral...
Bonobos are no more peaceful than chimpanzees
Aggression occurs at comparable levels in chimpanzees and bonobos. The difference is that male chimpanzees more often direct aggression towards females, whilst female bonobos more often direct aggression towards males.
Pigment gene puts the brakes on paternal care
A molecular mechanism in the brain determines whether male striped mice care for pups or attack them. The pigment gene Agouti turns out to play a key role in this process.
Chimpanzees reap fitness rewards from warfare
Photo: Simon Bardet from Pixabay
Lethal aggression pays off for chimpanzees. Territorial expansion ultimately leads to far more offspring.
Dhe winners of a chimpanzee war in...
Chimps are rational scientists
A chimpanzee at the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Uganda, a refuge for great apes rescued from the illegal bushmeat trade. Photo: ImageSelect.
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Snails with personality
In this lesson, pupils strengthen their research skills by investigating whether garden snails, like humans and great tits, have distinct personalities.
Naked mole-rats divide labour into six distinct roles
The behaviour of a naked mole-rat is determined by its role within the group. Photo: ImageSelect.
From cleaner to transporter: naked mole-rats fulfil six distinct...
Chimpanzees use stone-throwing to communicate
This male chimpanzee in a nature reserve in Guinea-Bissau has just thrown a stone, captured on a camera trap. Photo: Stichting Chimbo
West African chimpanzees...
Herring lose their way home
Normally, young herring follow the older fish during migration, but selective overfishing caused a Norwegian population to lose its way.
For centuries, herring in Norwegian...