Dolphins can identify their friends by taste, study shows for the first time. The marine mammals use several cues, including unique whistles, to form a complex awareness of others in their minds.

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Researchers have often studied the effects of nature versus nurture on human development. But nothing puts those theories to the test like these documented cases of children being raised by ...

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But their foreign environment made virtually no difference in their vocalizations: As resus monkeys gruffed, Japanese macaques cooed. Put another way, dropping a monkey in Boston isn’t going to ...

That can mean the zookeepers take on a little more stress to reduce the heat stress of their animals. Vittetoe can now check temperature readings along the Tropics Trail from his phone.

“So, you sent animals,” Kumaran guessed and they nodded. aWhen the museum was set up in Madras in 1851, Edward Balfour wrote to people, asking for donations of things that could be displayed.

Jellyfish are some of the oldest animals on Earth, living for over 500 million years. These soft, see-through creatures can be found in oceans all around the world, from warm tropical waters to ...