Wind power is an essential component in the fight against climate change, reducing the need for high-emission fossil fuels. But wind turbines, often placed in a...
Pigs have highly evolved social structures and exhibit clear personalities. But how do the classic grunts and oinks a pig makes help us understand these persona...
Hidden in the mountains of Asia, elusive big cats tread through the snow. Snow leopards - one of the most mysterious and endangered big cats on our planet.
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Social competency is crucially important for survival in complex animal societies. Successfully finding food, or mates, may well depend on how well an individua...
Road networks may allow us to get from one place to another quickly and safely, but for many animals they are a dangerous barrier, often proving fatal - the sig...
Mice sometimes cooperate when rearing young, forming communal nests that allow for resources to be shared amongst all pups present. But in these communal nests,...
Recent research has shown how female meerkats compete to be the biggest and ensure a dominant role.
A single pair of meerkats dominates over a group of rough...
Common vampire bats regularly share food in order to survive and it appears that their social bonds with food-sharing partners take priority even over their own...
The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) may be one of the northern hemisphere’s smallest cetaceans, but compared to some of their larger counterparts, they pun...
It’s difficult being a giraffe. Standing at over five metres in height, giraffes are both vertically gifted and challenged. Having your face up at tree level ma...
