Juvenile Harris's Hawks Manipulated Pine Cones for About Five Minutes
Two juvenile Harris's hawks in Buenos Aires Province tore pine cones from trees, carried them to new perches…
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A continuing selection of new studies, conservation projects and important developments connected to species in the archive.
Rock Doves Preferred Predictive Information Despite a Lower Food Payoff
Seven rock doves preferred an informative option that paid on 20% of trials over a non-informative option that…
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Task Uncertainty Increased Interference From Irrelevant Visual Information in Rhesus Macaque Decisions
Two rhesus macaques made less accurate visual decisions under task uncertainty; recordings and microstimulation in primary visual cortex…
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Sri Lankan Leopards in Tea Landscape Were Less Active by Day and More Active at Dusk
In Sri Lanka’s Central Highlands, only 4.4% of leopard records in an unprotected tea landscape were diurnal while…
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Spotted Hyenas Repeatedly Moved Away From Lions in Five-Minute GPS Data
High-frequency GPS data from Namibia and Botswana showed a robust retreat bias in spotted hyenas around lions, while…
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Female Tigers Returned More Often and Stayed Longer Than Males in Panna
GPS tracking of 12 resident tigers in Panna Tiger Reserve showed higher revisitation and residence times in females…
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Rail Staff Say Two Common Mynas Regularly Ride Sydney Trains
Two common mynas were filmed sitting calmly inside a Sydney train, while a guard said staff know them…
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Older Female Common Waxbills Became More Subordinate During Breeding Seasons
In a five-year semi-natural study in Portugal, male and female common waxbills began with similar dominance, but ageing…
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Common Starling Parents Called Less Often as Their Nestlings Grew Older
Common starling parents called on 62% of feeding visits when chicks were two days old but only 4%…
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Egg Rejection Did Not Clearly Increase After Cuckoo Arrival in Two Host Species
Grey bushchats and Siberian stonechats showed no clear increase in foreign-egg rejection after common cuckoos arrived. The result…
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Rüppell’s Foxes Responded With Less Fear Than Red Foxes to Simulated Red Fox Presence
Field experiments in Israel’s southern Negev found a lower fear response in Rüppell’s foxes than in red foxes…
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Male and Female Great Tits Built Winter Pair Bonds Differently
Great tits increasingly associated with future breeding partners through winter, but sex and age shaped how they divided…
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Isolated Wild Boar Females Stayed Local After Their Groups Were Removed
GPS tracks from 18 adult females in southeastern Alabama showed that broad dispersal was uncommon during the first…
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Eurasian Nuthatch Pair Turned a Brick Wall Cavity Into a Nest in Central Tver
A detailed study in central Tver documented a Eurasian nuthatch pair building inside a cavity in a plastered…
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Dunnocks Showed No Tendency to Breed With Similar-sized or Similar-condition Birds
A 2026 preprint found no evidence that dunnocks paired with partners of similar body size or condition. Sexual…
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Rhesus Macaques Used Working Memory to Remember the Order of Images
An extra cognitive task disrupted rhesus macaques’ memory for image order far more than their ability to recognise…
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Giraffes Responded More Strongly to Lion Calls Than Oxpecker Alarms
Playback experiments with 35 free-ranging southern giraffes in South Africa found that lion vocalisations triggered stronger vigilance than…
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Coiled Grass Snake Models Had Higher Estimated Daily Survival on a Gravel Road
In a Hungarian experiment with 240 plasticine grass snake models, coiled postures had higher estimated daily survival on…
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Social Cues Made Western Bluebirds Investigate Nest Boxes but Not Use Them More Often for Breeding
Recordings and old nesting material made western bluebirds investigate new nest boxes far more often, but did not…
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Black-headed Gulls in Kunming Fled at Similar Distances From Women and Men
Wintering black-headed gulls in Kunming began to escape at similar distances when approached by women and men, while…
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