zoology

Cuckoo chicks look similar to their host chicks. Cuckoo chicks (left) and their host "brothers" of different species (right) | Source: Naomi Langmore

The divergent adaptation of cuckoos

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Cuckoos develop eggs and chicks that resemble those of their hosts, to avoid detection. When they have more than one host, this can lead to the creation of new species of cuckoos – especially if they are “violent”.
Birds migrate in the skies of northern Israel. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The complex language of birds

Studies from Israel and abroad have found that birds do not chirp only for courtship purposes, and that they have a complex language that affects their choice of who to communicate with and how - even during migration
Eastern wasp. Photo: Shahar Shahar, Tel Aviv University Spokesperson

Wasps are the only animal that can drink alcohol without limit

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Leucoraja ocellata species photographed at the cold end of its range, Labrador Sea, Newfoundland, Canada. (Photo: Shahar Chaikin)

living on the edge

Fish that change their distribution towards the poles due to climate change are declining in abundance
blind rat Illustration: depositphotos.com

Build muscle and stay young

Researchers have discovered that the skeletal muscle composition of the blind rat is preserved throughout its life, delaying its aging
A flying meteorologist in action. Tel Aviv bat. Photo: Tel Aviv University

Meteorologists with wings

Bats, urban heat islands, Tel Aviv University, zoology, geography, interdisciplinary research, biologically assisted sampling, smart cities, the Internet of Things, air pollution,
An Israeli gazelle (Gazella gazella gazella) in the Lachish region. Source: Minozig, Wikimedia Commons.

Who has the right to name a zoological species?

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A giraffe, or maybe a singer? Photo: shutterstock

Name of the animal

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Sea urchin teeth. Credit Wise University

The kitchen knife that never wears out - the future of nanotechnology

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cuckoo

Forced adoption

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Tourists on safari in Kenya. From Wikipedia

"Memories" from Kenya

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Meerkats - Rise of the Guard

The thief is crazy ... exempt?

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arctic gull

Methuselah of the Seagulls

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Elephants run away from the sounds of angry bees. Source: University of Oxford.

Elephants make warning sounds when threatened by bees

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

Domestication of the cat - when and how did it happen?

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

New research challenges the evolution of the ostrich and the emu

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