Animal world
Concave ear frogs call their partners with ultrasound
Most female frogs do not call their partners, because they do not have vocal cords or their vocal cords. A female chooses a partner from a male choir and quietly gesture…
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Animal world
Sewing penguin swimwear
It sounds funny, but experts at the California Academy of Sciences have been serious about creating a swimsuit for an African penguin, helping it back down.
Animal world
The showy tail does not impress children
The flashy tail of the public guys turned out to be useless in stimulating or attracting girls, a new study reveals. This work has touched upon a long-held belief that t…
Animal world
Desert snakes hear mouse steps with jaws
Only a few decades ago, some scientists suspected snakes could not hear. Snakes don't have ears and ears outside, so it's hard to find out why this reptile can pick up s…
Animal world
How do animals identify sounds around?
According to scientists, people and other animals have the ability to identify sound sources relatively well. Since the early 1990s, many studies have explained the basi…
Animal world
'Bat technology' helps detect tumors
Scottish scientists hope to create radar devices that function like bats. This device will be very effective in locating and identifying tumors hidden deep inside a huma…
Animal world
Why do some species eat their children?
Eating meat sounds like an impossible thing, but actually some species from fish to birds still do it. Scientists are not sure why this behavior arises, but a new study…
Animal world
Learn bat language
According to US scientists, understanding the mechanism that bats use to communicate with each other by sound can help find new therapies to treat language disorders in…
Animal world
Monkey poked my hand to get noticed
It sounds strange, but indeed many monkeys wash their hands and feet with their urine. Scientists now claim they know why.
Animal world
My mother also 'snapped' me
The rhesus macaques are very nice to come and cuddle with the newborn babies of other mothers in a colorful, melodious voice, like people often babble babies.
Animal world
Young crocodiles have known to call their mothers before they were born
Research by French biologists helped to better understand the reproduction of crocodiles. They found that young crocodiles knew to call their mothers before they got out…
Animal world
New discovery: Elephants hear with .. legs!
US scientists have just published a very interesting new study: Elephants not only use their feet to walk but also to ... hear more! This finding contributes to improvin…
Animal world
Baboons like to stalk sex
The male baboons eavesdrop on other couples who love each other for time
Animal world
Open music to save whales
A group of American lifeguards last week broadcast the humpback whale's tape recordings, hoping to steer an injured mother whale and her baby from Sacramento (California…
Animal world
The 'masters' communicate in the animal world
Detecting chimpanzees with the ability to 'chat' with hands can help the scientific community better understand the development of language. However, this is not the onl…