The capuchin knows what you did
…and it’s very disappointed in you. If you thought a monkey would never judge you for being selfish or unhelpful, you thought wrong. Researchers at the University of Stirling in Scotland […]
Category Archives: Animals
The evolution of speech
We can trace how different languages have evolved from each other, but what about speech in general? How did we go from animals grunting and screeching at each other to […]
You got mouse brains on my rat brains
Your cells can’t possibly live without you, right? Wrong. Researchers in Italy tested the boundaries of life existing beyond the death of the individual, specifically, brain cells. Scientists inserted mice […]
Can poisoned mice bombs save Guam?
Imagine you live on a small island with a diverse but delicate ecosystem. Now imagine that a non-native predator, say, a brown tree snake, makes its way to your shores […]
Sea turtle gets new limbs
It seems the world of prosthetics is continually taking remarkable leaps and bounds when it comes to helping people who’ve lost a leg walk again, or crafting a new arm […]
‘Super mega-pod’ of dolphins
The coast of San Diego got about 100,000 new visitors last week, though they won’t be checking out the famous zoo. Capt. Joe Dutra of sightseeing company Hornblower Cruises and […]
Mirror mirror in the trees, is that a leopard that I see?
We use mirrors to fix our hair and make sure we don’t change lanes into another car on the highway. Some people use them to measure cats’ intelligence. As exhibited […]
