Animal World

Bad news for those who had bad grade in statistics. The Nature journal just revealed: rhesus monkeys are pretty good statisticians! They can accurately assess which of two behaviours is more likely to bring them a reward by summing together a series of probabilistic clues. And their reasoning is reflected in the firing rate of […]

For Princes of Whales, the choice of life is: to sing and attract more mates, or to be quiet and get fat :).
Reseachers at the University of Sydney have tracked a population of humpback whales during the annual migration from low-latitude breeding areas to Antarctic feeding grounds. Using hydrophones to capture their song along with […]

New Scientist published a research at the University of Alcalá in Spain. To measure the health of a bird population without having to catch birds and run tests on them, the researchers said, just count the spots on their eggs. The spottier the egg, the more stressed the parent, the team has found.
The team photographed […]