Wild grey
#squirrels are willing to expend additional time and physical effort to secure a higher-quality food reward, contradicting standard laboratory models that suggest animals consistently devalue rewards requiring extra exertion.
#BehavioralEcology #Ethology #Zoology #sflorg https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/bs03272601.html
Squirrels climb higher for better snacks
The squirrels in our study were willing to work harder for better food
Female
#humpback #whales in Oceania continue to show significant shifts in mate selection patterns 50 years after commercial whaling severely reduced their population size.
#MarineBiology #BehavioralEcology #Epigenetics #sflorghttps://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/mb03032601.html
50 years after whaling, behavioural effects linger
The long shadow from whaling extends to basic behaviour such as breeding, new research shows.
Session 2.4 Marine Behavioral Ecology in the age of Humans: inquiry across scales and disciplines hosted by Anish Paul
#ICYMARE2026Bremen #marinebehavioralecology #behavioralecology #anthropocene #earlycareerconference #marineecology #oceandecadeChimpanzee groups show that bigger can be better for sharing. New experiments reveal that tolerant groups with restrained leaders sustain shared resources longer, offering clues to the deep evolutionary roots of cooperation.
#Primatology #HumanEvolution #Cooperation #BehavioralEcology https://www.primatology.net/p/when-sharing-becomes-survival-how
When Sharing Becomes Survival: How Chimpanzee Groups Solve Resource Dilemmas
New experiments reveal that larger, more tolerant chimpanzee groups manage shared resources more sustainably, offering fresh insight into the evolutionary roots of cooperation.
How Parrots Make Friends
"A new study reports that parrots who are strangers to each other “test the waters” by forming new relationships through a series of increasingly friendly interactions that are much like developing friendships in humans."
#SciComm by @GrrlScientist
#parrots #ornithology #SocialNetworks #BehavioralEcology #friends https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/11/24/how-parrots-make-friends/
How Parrots Make Friends
"A new study reports that parrots who are strangers to each other “test the waters” by forming new relationships through a series of increasingly friendly interactions that are much like developing friendships in humans."
#SciComm by @GrrlScientist
#parrots #ornithology #SocialNetworks #BehavioralEcology #friends https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/11/24/how-parrots-make-friends/
How Parrots Make Friends
"A new study reports that parrots who are strangers to each other “test the waters” by forming new relationships through a series of increasingly friendly interactions that are much like developing friendships in humans."
#SciComm by @grrlscientist
#parrots #ornithology #SocialNetworks #BehavioralEcology #friends https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/11/24/how-parrots-make-friends/
Female mountain gorillas in Bwindi live for years after their last birth, reshaping group life and stability. A study finds they may hold the evolutionary key to post-reproductive survival.
#Primatology #BehavioralEcology #Gorillas #Evolution https://www.primatology.net/p/the-elder-apes-of-bwindi
The Elder Apes of Bwindi
How Post-Reproductive Female Gorillas Redefine Life, Death, and Social Balance in the Forest
New research in northern Chile reveals 76 ancient stone traps used to hunt vicuña across the high Andean valleys. These “tethered landscapes” show how mobility, cooperation, and ecology shaped Andean lifeways.
#Archaeology #Andes #BehavioralEcology #Pleistocene https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-tethered-highlands-ancient-hunting
The Tethered Highlands: Ancient Hunting Landscapes and Human Mobility in the Andean West
A vast network of stone traps & ephemeral dwellings reveals how ancient hunters moved with their prey across the high-altitude deserts of northern Chile, long after agriculture had taken root.
Scientific Frontline
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