How to tell if your dog is in pain and what to do if they are

New research suggests that many dog owners are not skilled in recognising pain in their pets.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-16/how-to-tell-if-your-dog-is-in-pain/106572808

#Pets #AnimalBehaviour #Animals #VeterinaryMedicine

How to tell if your dog is in pain and what to do if they are

New research suggests that many dog owners are not skilled in recognising pain in their pets. 

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"Not only do sperm whales have a form of 'alphabet' and form vowels within their vocalizations but the structure of these vowels behaves in the same way as human speech, the new study has found".

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/sperm-whales-alphabet-vocalizations-similar-humans

#spermwhale #whales #language #animalbehaviour

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds

Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own

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Push to have platypus listed as 'vulnerable' on national register
By Liam O'Connell

A lack of hard data on platypus numbers holds back a Queensland-led effort to list the iconic monotreme as "vulnerable" on the national Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation register.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-15/platypus-marian-vulnerable-conservation-register/106562272

#Animals #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #AnimalBehaviour #LiamOConnell

Push to have platypus listed as 'vulnerable' on national register

A lack of hard data on platypus numbers holds back a Queensland-led effort to list the iconic monotreme as "vulnerable" on the national Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation register.

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Wild chimpanzees recorded waging ‘civil war’ with coordinated attacks between two groups

New study describes what may be the first case of a unified community of chimps turning on itself

The Guardian
Sex at arm’s length? Male octopuses use specialised arm to mate, scientists find

Sensory organ in male cephalopod able to detect female hormone progesterone, even if male cannot see partner

The Guardian

I wonder how long the effect lasts? Birds are quick learners. The paper (linked) does not go into great detail (other than noting days or weeks with some caveats) and the birds lean from others. But all the same interesting.

I just don't eat chips if they are around :-)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/01/specieswatch-eyes-on-takeaway-boxes-stop-gulls-stealing-chips

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.73202

#Gulls #Birds #AnimalBehaviour #Chips #Seaside

Painting eyes on takeaway boxes can stop gulls stealing chips, study shows

Research from the University of Exeter find that the method could help reduce thefts by as much as 50%

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Bond between dogs and humans dates back more than 15,000 years, study finds

Research suggests hunter-gatherers were feeding dogs and giving them ritual burials as early as the last ice age

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