Aug 04 2011

Male Frogs Woo Females With Disco

Tag: Amphibians and Reptiles,Animal Behavior,Animal Communication,Animals,Music,Video,Vocal Communication,Weird News — Jennifer Viegas @ 9:23 pm
Male túngara frogs attempt to woo females with calls reminiscent of at least one 70's disco song. See if you can hear it.

Aug 03 2011

Mariachi Band Serenades Music-Loving Beluga Whale

Tag: Animal Behavior,Animal Communication,Animals,Current Events,Human Behavior,Humans,Mammals,Marine Life,Music,Oceans,Video,Vocal Communication,Weird News,Wildlife Conservation,Zoos and Aquariums — Jennifer Viegas @ 5:25 pm
A beluga whale named Juno intensely watches a mariachi serenade him at the Mystic Aquarium. Check out the video.

Jul 19 2011

Gulls Smell Sex

Tag: Animal Behavior,Animal Communication,Fish,Food,Marine Life,Photography,Wild Birds — Jennifer Viegas @ 2:30 pm
Seabirds can smell out good partners and choose to mate with genetically dissimilar partners.

Jul 15 2011

Cell Phone Images Foil Tiger Poachers

Tag: Animal Communication,Animals,Cats,Crime, Law and Justice,Current Events,Human Behavior,Humans,Mammals,Photography,Science and Technology,Wildlife Conservation — Jennifer Viegas @ 4:01 pm
Two tiger poachers were arrested after cell phone images of them hovering over the dead animals was picked up by authorities.

Jun 09 2011

Dogs Likely Born with ‘Canine Telepathy’

Tag: Animal Behavior,Animal Communication,Animals,Dogs,Human Behavior,Humans,Mammals,Pets — Jennifer Viegas @ 5:41 pm
Dogs are so in tune with us that they can read our minds, according to a new study.

May 25 2011

Animal Mating Tips Revealed

Tag: Amphibians and Reptiles,Animal Behavior,Animal Communication,Animals,Cats,Crustaceans,Dogs,Fish,Horses,Insects and Arachnids,Mammals,Primates,Rodents,Sharks,Snakes,Spiders,Wild Birds — Tim Wall @ 10:55 pm
Variety is the spice of life and animals know it pays to be flexible.

May 25 2011

Animal Mating Tips Revealed

Tag: Amphibians and Reptiles,Animal Behavior,Animal Communication,Animals,Cats,Crustaceans,Dogs,Fish,Horses,Insects and Arachnids,Mammals,Primates,Rodents,Sharks,Snakes,Spiders,Wild Birds — Tim Wall @ 10:55 pm
Variety is the spice of life and animals know it pays to be flexible.

May 24 2011

Big, New Pointy-Nosed Bat Found

Tag: Animal Behavior,Animal Communication,Animals,Mammals,Photography,Travel,Wildlife Conservation — Jennifer Viegas @ 8:36 pm
This tropical bat likely evolved from ancestors that marooned on a Caribbean island.

May 12 2011

Stress Improves Learning for Birds

Tag: Animal Behavior,Animal Communication,Animals,Wild Birds,Wildlife Conservation — Tim Wall @ 3:52 pm
Bowerbirds that undergo a stressful event learn more from that experience than from their day-to-day studies.

Apr 12 2011

Bug Turns Pest Into Supermom

Tag: Animal Behavior,Animal Communication,Animals,Evolution,Food,Humans,Insects and Arachnids,Parasites,Weird News — Tim Wall @ 9:52 am
Many sweet potato whiteflies are coming down with an infection that turns them into supermoms, a bane for farmers.
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