Animals employ diverse survival strategies beyond speed, using erratic movements, visual displays, and warning colors to ...

But jackdaws have a shortcut. A new study suggests these clever birds learn to recognize predators by eavesdropping on the adults around them. By linking adult alarm calls to unfamiliar sounds, ...

Young jackdaw chicks can learn about predators before leaving the nest by listening to alarm calls from adult birds.

Jackdaw chicks learn about predators by listening to adults, reveals new research. Scientists played recordings of predator ...

With a large variety of starfish in the ocean, there are many unique appearances that can be surprising. One example is the ...

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Animals rarely live alone; social structures are vital for survival, influencing feeding, predator avoidance, and reproduction. From fluid fission-fusion societies like elephants and dolphins to rigid ...

Dramatic landscapes and rich biodiversity characterize Alaska’s unique environment. Alaska is the only US state with ...

While an AI-generated video of a man taking an underwater selfie with a shark is easy to identify as fake, more realistic Gen AI videos can warp the way we think about wild animals and their behaviour ...

Great tit chicks, for example, stop begging in response to a parent’s alarm call. And a study of blackcaps found that under very high predation pressure chicks completely refrain from chirping until ...