Asian Elephant Population Declines Trigger Fractured and Isolated Social Networks
A 12-year observational study of female Asian elephants in Sri Lanka shows that sustained population losses can push social networks ...
Tag: behavioral ecology
Ocellated Lizards Show Divergent Mobility Strategies Under Warming
A study in the Journal of Animal Ecology finds that ocellated lizard populations adopt different mobility strategies in response to ...
Bacterial Infection Alters Mating Vibrations in Pear Psyllids Across Both Sexes
Phytoplasma infection alters vibrational mating signals in pear psyllids, reducing male chirp amplitude and increasing female pauses and dominant frequencies ...
Drywood Termite Nymphs Bear Severe Mandibular Wear to Fuel Colony Dispersal
A morphometric investigation of the drywood termite Neotermes chilensis reveals that developing nymphs incur severe mandibular abrasion while chewing hard ...
Scientists Propose Testable Hypothesis That Intermediate Sociality Maximizes Population Resilience
A new hypothesis proposes that population resilience to environmental change peaks at an intermediate level of a defined social trait, ...
When Humans Hunt, Prey-Targeting Superpredators Can Tip Predator-Prey Systems Toward Collapse
An agent-based model shows that lethal human superpredators targeting prey reduce simulated mesopredator-prey coexistence by about 31 percent, while non-lethal ...
Seabird sex differences in foraging shift with colony and year, study finds
A multi-year GPS tracking study of streaked shearwaters shows that sexual segregation in foraging behavior depends on breeding colony and ...
Male Painted Turtles Call More Variably Than Females, Study Finds
A study of Midland Painted Turtles identified five call types, a male-only vocalization, and greater within-male acoustic variability consistent with ...
Drone Footage Captures Gray Whale Calves Learning Foraging Tricks From Their Mothers
Drone observations off Oregon suggest gray whale calves imitate their mothers' foraging tactics, providing the strongest evidence yet of social ...
Rival Flycatchers Team Up in Paraguay’s Vanishing Grasslands
Field observations in southern Paraguay document the first repeated associations between two Vulnerable tyrant flycatchers, revealing coordinated foraging, shared perches, ...
Ant Colonies Keep Idle Reserves of Workers to Survive Hard Times, Study Finds
A computational study of Aphaenogaster senilis ants shows that idle workers act as a dynamic reserve workforce that stabilizes colony ...
Virtual Dating Game Reveals How Fish Design Their Perfect Mates
University of Exeter scientists used genetic algorithms and virtual fish to let green swordtails design their ideal mates over nine ...
Foraging Skills Shape Social Bonds in Wild Primates
In recent research highlighted in the journal Animal Cognition, a team of scientists led by E. Karakoç have unveiled groundbreaking ...
Condensed Insights on Cricetinae Hamsters’ Hunting Behavior
In a groundbreaking study published in Frontiers in Zoology, researchers have revealed fascinating insights into the optional hunting behavior of ...
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