Environment
Birds ‘dream sing’ by moving their vocal muscles in their sleep
Zebra finches sing during the day, and at night while they sleep their vocal organs act out the motions of singing, a bit like a sleepwalking person
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Life
How besieged ants decide when it鈥檚 time to abandon their nests
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Environment
After crows fight they touch and preen each other to make up
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Earth
Great tits avoid bad food after seeing grossed-out friends
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Life
Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?
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Humans
Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart
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Life
Sheep learn to recognise celebrity faces from different angles
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Environment
Natural history books that look inside the minds of animals
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Mind
Why am I rubbish at maths? And other curious questions answered
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Environment
The man who reads dog minds and personalities in a brain scanner
Gregory Berns coaxes dogs into MRI scanners to see what's going on in their heads. It even reveals if they would make good helpers for people with disabilities
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Environment
Over-mothered puppies more likely to fail guide dog training
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Life
Bees are first insects shown to understand the concept of zero
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Environment
Ravens can plan for future as well as 4-year-old children can
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Environment
Whales sneak into shallow water to eat salmon from hatcheries
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