Mastodawn

Foxes were allowed into a solar farm, and they ended up turning the panels into part of their habitat (Response of Endangered San Joaquin Kit Foxes to Solar Farms (2022))

https://lemy.lol/post/64672212

Foxes were allowed into a solar farm, and they ended up turning the panels into part of their habitat - lemy.lol

Lemmy

cm0002 2d ago

Camera Traps Reveal Iberian Lynxes Soaking Their Prey, a First-Ever Discovery Among Carnivores

https://lemy.lol/post/64590772

Camera Traps Reveal Iberian Lynxes Soaking Their Prey, a First-Ever Discovery Among Carnivores - lemy.lol

Lemmy

Greg Kohn 4d ago

Desmond Morris passed away yesterday. He was one of the last living links to classical ethology. While most famous for his book "The Naked Ape" (I wasn't a fan), his work in bird behavior was foundational for both ethology and the behavioral sciences broadly. #ethology #birds #science https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c51y797v200o

Zoologist and author Desmond Morris dies aged 98

Morris, who was also a surrealist painter and broadcaster, was best known for his 1967 book The Naked Ape.

Björn Brembs 4d ago

I love it how more and more people are daring to do behavioral #neuroscience with non-laboratory animals:

"Olfactory learning in two Amblypygi species Paraphrynus laevifrons and Phrynus pseudoparvulus"
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-026-02065-1

#biology #ethology

Olfactory learning in two Amblypygi species Paraphrynus laevifrons and Phrynus pseudoparvulus - Animal Cognition

A wide diversity of arthropod taxa have demonstrated the capacity for learning, but most of our current understanding comes from only a select subset of th

SpringerLink

Scientific Frontline Apr 17

Elaborate courtship dances in male zebra #finches function primarily as indicators of superior physical health and motor skills rather than serving as markers of general intelligence.
#EvolutionaryBiology #Ethology #CognitiveScience #Ornithology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/ebio04172601.html

If birds are fancy dancers, are they smarter, too?

Researchers investigate the link between male birds’ elaborate displays of courtship and their cognitive abilities

michael Apr 16

15-Apr-2026
Can #nakedMoleRats peacefully hand over power?
Salk Institute researchers discover that, contrary to dogma, naked mole rats are capable of peaceful queen succession, demonstrating unappreciated flexibility in their #socialOrder

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1123968

#science #zoology #animals #behaviour #ethology

fossilesque Apr 15

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds

https://mander.xyz/post/50533148

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds - Mander

Lemmy

Abie Apr 13

Anecdotal claim that rescue beaver kits can learn a few ASL signs (!!) like "more".
Undermined by "they don't learn it from us".
#animhist #ethology
https://mastodon.social/@histoftech/116274544106653825