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First thing I pack when I go to the beach: sunscreen. Without it, I, and many other people, get terrible sunburns, caused by the exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun. UV light is a type of light that … Continue reading
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The Peahen Who Cried Wolf: Peafowl Can Differentiate Between the Anti-predator Calls of Conspecifics When it comes to being able to differentiate between the calls of comrades when a predator is near, it certainly pays to recognize their individual vocalizations. … Continue reading
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Michael Kim Insects Exploit Multiple Cues of Plants to Govern Behavior While the research field of signals and cues mostly focuses on animals such as mammals, signals and cues are also very important in plant species. The process of … Continue reading
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Bees provide a classic example of extreme complexity within animal societies. The exact geometry of the honeycomb and hive, combined with their tendency towards clearly defined echelons and rank, suggest that highly precise and ordered mechanisms are behind the seemingly … Continue reading
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Animal communication can come in many forms and can have many different receivers. Sometimes, however, information is picked up by unintended receivers. These are referred to as eavesdroppers. If this eavesdropper is a predator, a sent signal can be quite … Continue reading
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Are you a fish having a hard time proving that you’re a worthy mate? If you answered yes, then you should encourage human induced pollution into your ecosystem! A recent phenomena shows that changing environmental conditions can distort the signals … Continue reading
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Aquatic animals commonly use chemical cues to gain sensory information. These cues mediate many of the animals’ behavior and interactions such as reproduction, foraging strategies and predator detection. Many studies have been done to investigate the role of olfaction in … Continue reading
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Birds use calls and songs for a variety of purposes, including attracting mates, communicating with each other, and marking territory. Birds also respond to the calls of others, and use calls to identify each other and communicate information about themselves … Continue reading
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Catsharks are warm water dwelling sharks that tend to live near coral reefs and along the ocean floor, though some species prefer environments of greater depth. They are smaller sharks and grow to be a little over two feet long, and as their … Continue reading
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Echolocation is type of sensory system in which an animal can generate biosonar signals to detect and locate objects. Hunting bats are one of the mammals that utilize this system in order to locate prey. Daubenton’s bats, Myotis daubentonii, are … Continue reading
