animal behavior

Fruit bat. Photo: Prof. Yossi Yuval, Tel Aviv University

Research: Childhood experiences determine the boldness of bats in the wild

A study by Tel Aviv University found that the environment in which young bats grow up affects their boldness, flight distances, and foraging patterns in adulthood.
Different scraping techniques for different parts of the cow's body. Credit: Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró

Swiss cow uses tools – and researchers are forced to rethink animal intelligence

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Groundbreaking study documents flexible, purposeful tool use in cattle for the first time, challenging long-held assumptions about the cognitive limits of farm animals
Octopus Americanus in the wild. Photo: Chelsea Bennice, Florida Atlantic University

Each arm of the octopus has its own function.

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For the first time, the arm movements of octopuses in diverse natural environments have been analyzed, revealing surprising patterns of role division and extraordinary motor flexibility.
The researcher's dogs - Jasper on the left and Shihabu on the right. Credit: Hoi-Lam Jim

Do dogs know who is a good person and who is a bad person? The study that questions our intuition

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New research from Kyoto University finds that, despite popular belief, dogs don't necessarily judge human behavior—even after watching people act cruelly or kindly.
A cat sleeps on its left side - so it can wake up and jump faster when in danger. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Scientists: Cats prefer to sleep on their left side – probably for survival reasons

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An international study found that most cats sleep on their left side, likely due to more efficient processing of threats in the right hemisphere of the brain.

Bats in a traffic jam: This is how they manage to avoid colliding with each other during the mass exit from the cave

New research led by Tel Aviv University reveals how bats change their echolocation patterns when leaving the cave and maneuver with amazing skill even when surrounded by tens of thousands of their friends — without air crashes
A bird stores its food to use when needed. The drawing was prepared using DALEE

A mechanism was discovered that allows animals to store food and find it when needed without relying on memory

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Researchers from the Hebrew University have proposed a new theory about how animals store and recover stored food. Their research, published in Scientific Reports, challenges traditional notions of animal storage behavior
Japanese researchers from Nagoya University have revealed new aspects of the interaction between mast plants or mass seeding plants, i.e. plants that spread their seeds at once like Sasa bamboo and field mice. Their research reveals that mouse behavior (which varies between species, and varies according to environmental conditions and seasons) plays a crucial role in seed dispersal and ecosystem health in forests, and challenges existing theories about seed storage and consumption. Credit: Reiko Matsushita

Scientists reveal fascinating connections between mice and a plant that blooms once in a hundred years

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Their findings highlight the importance of understanding the needs of both plants and animals to ensure the health of local ecosystems. They also overturn a previously held belief about how mice store
The ornate spiny-tailed lizard, Uromastyx ornata, also known as the ornate lizard, is a species of lizard in the agamidae family. The species is endemic to the Middle East. Illustration: depositphotos.com

How is the climate crisis expected to harm the lizard population in Israel?

Climate change may lead to the collapse of the population of lizards that are common in the deserts of the Land of Israel
A dog peeks out from the ruins of the city of Leigu in the Sichuan province of China. The earthquake happened on May 12, 2008, the photo was taken on May 27. Illustration: depositphotos.com Soyuz launcher on the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Things donors know: Can animals predict earthquakes?

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"Nutza" asks: It is known that animals feel earthquakes. Why don't humans feel earthquakes coming?
Dogs love to play. Image: depositphotos.com

Is your dog happy? 10 misconceptions about dog behavior

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In our book "Make Dogs Happy" we have brought scientific research and images to demonstrate and offered practical advice to help dog breeders assess what their dog is feeling at any given moment and give them a variety of response options as a way to support
Bonobo monkeys in their natural environment. Photo: depositphotos.com

Things Yorami know: why kiss?

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Strangely, Naomi, not only is it not known why people kiss, but it is not even clear whether the romantic kiss is a universal gesture and whether it is a learned behavior, but evolution has clues
A goat and a cat seek shade together in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia. From Wikipedia

Things Donors Know: Do Animals Have Pets?

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Conditions of affection

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Tel Aviv University bat colony. Credit: Michal Samoni.

Bats also learn to 'speak'

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A herd of wildebeest. The model can be applied to many areas - from hoes and shoals of fish to antibiotic resistance, which increases as the diversity of bacteria increases. Photo: Adam Brin.

Go your own way: the success of the group depends on it

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She works at the Keda Kida Sea Center before the whale. Source: gwaar.

Did humans copy the bowing position from animals?

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Zebra fish. Photo: Marrabbio2, Wikimedia.

social switch

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Image courtesy of Alexander Vasenin (Wikimedia).

A lesson in leadership from….fish

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Palm Beach, Acre. Photo credit: Moran Niv, Ziv Neorim.

The winter visit of the jellyfish: a swarm of wandering filamentous jellyfish has arrived on the shores of the country

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The badger has good reason to fear man: he kills it at a rate 4.3 times higher than its natural predators. Photo: Chris Frewin, Flickr

Fear factor

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flock of birds Source: Wikimedia / Baykedevries.

Where do the ducks fly when the lake warms up?

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The new Polar Bear menu

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A hooded cashier sticks a stick in his nose. Screenshot from a YouTube video of the Science site

Picking your nose in the name of science

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The terrible chimpanzee beats humans in a memory game against a computer. Photo: Tokyo Institute of Technology

The chimpanzee is allowed from the human

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An illustration of a disappointed and grumpy chimpanzee from Darwin's book - The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals.

Democracy in nature?

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Drosera_capillaris - Drosera_capillaris

Competition for food from an unexpected direction

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A border is not just a line on a map

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The trigon that killed the nature lover from Australia

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