Economic decision making in parrots
Parrots have learned how to trade a token for food: one each for a low, medium or high-value food. The task was to choose between an instant food reward and a token that...
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Category: Research
Fossil turtle didn’t have a shell, but had the first toothless turtle beak
There are a couple of key features that make a turtle a turtle: its shell, for one, but also its toothless beak. A newly-discovered fossil turtle that lived 228 million years ago is...
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Baby animals really do reduce your appetite for meat
Jared Piazza, Lancaster University The BuzzFeed video, “Bacon lovers meet baby pigs” is amusing to watch. With 14,493,383 views, you may have seen it. It depicts several young men and women waiting blissfully...
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Get Involved In Citizen Conservation This Summer
Citizen science projects are becoming ever more popular, with new applications developed all the time. Conservation charities are not being left behind in this field, with more and more opportunities for enthusiastic and...
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A Charity Partnership to Transform the Million a Minute
Yesterday, MCS announced an exciting partnership with company Silentnight, to transform some of the million plastic bottles bought every minute, into mattresses. The UK’s leading marine charity, The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has...
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One-third of nature reserves under threat from humans
By James Watson, The University of Queensland; James Allan, The University of Queensland; Kendall Jones, The University of Queensland; Pablo Negret, The University of Queensland; Richard Fuller, The University of Queensland, and Sean Maxwell,...
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New study shows birds migrate to escape disease
By Emily O’Connor, Lund University Animals have a habit of moving. Sometimes these movements are truly epic. Migratory birds regularly traverse the globe between temperate and tropical regions, a feat that would require considerable...
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Zebrafish heart development reveals key insight into inherited heart defects
Scientists have shown for the first time that the blueprint for the four chambers of the human heart exists in the humble zebrafish, a study in eLife reports. The discovery provides key insights into processes...
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Is Trump the best thing to happen to the Environmental Movement since the 1970s?
April 22, 1970. 20 million American citizens take to the streets, parks, public buildings and anywhere else that will house them to publicly demonstrate their contempt for their governments current environmental policy, to...
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Orcas on the Edge: A quest to film the critically endangered southern residents
Orcas on the Edge: A quest to film the critically endangered southern residents The Issue The southern resident killer whales (SRKW) represent the smallest of four groups of orca found in the northwest...
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