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Category: Animal Social Behavior

Octopuses Full-On Fight with Neighbors: Caught on Tape

Scientists have for the first time caught on film mud slinging and fighting between octopuses that live near one another.

Animal Communication, animal intelligence, Octopuses Fight and mud-sling with neighbors

Lion Stays by Wife’s Side Until the End

A testament of true love in the animal kingdom.

Lion husband stays by wife's side to the end

6 Signs Your Cat Loves You: Expert

An animal behaviorist lays out some strong signs of affection your kitty is probably trying to communicate with you.

Animal Communication, human-animal relationships

Happy the Elephant has Day in Court

New York’s highest court is set to determine whether Happy, a 47-year-old Asian elephant living at the Bronx Zoo, is being unlawfully imprisoned. 

animal intelligence, Captive zoo elephant gets day in court, Happy the Elephant court hearing on unlawful imprisonment

Chimps have their own 400-word language: Scientific discovery

A new scientific study has revealed that chimpanzees engage in complex vocalizations with almost 400 words.

animal intelligence, Chimpanzees speak at least 400 words, Chimps have their own language

Breed is an Unreliable Predictor of Individual Dog’s Behavior: Scientists

New scientific research has revealed that in modern times a dog’s breed has relatively little correlation with an individual dog’s behavior. 

Dog breed is poor predictor of dog behavior

Cats are Psychopaths, say scientists

A new study has found that the average cat is likely harboring psychopathic tendencies.

animal behavior research, Cats are psychopaths

Babies of High-Ranking Hyena Moms Inherit the Status

New research reveals that hyenas inherit their social networks and social status from their mothers. 

Hyeana inherit their social status from their mothers

Ants respond like humans to social isolation

Ants react to social isolation in a similar way as do humans and other social mammals.

Socially-isolated ants behave like humans

Giraffe Girl Gangs? Yes. And they play an important role

Scientists discover that girl gang social units may be important to giraffe evolution and survival.

Giraffe girl gangs help survival

The secret lives of honey bees

Unique video from within beehives provides never before seen by humans special insight into honey bee behaviors…

Scientists videotape secret lives of honey bees

Clever Sperm Whales Outwit Human Predators

A recent study of 19th-century whalers’ logbooks shows that sperm whales rapidly learned new ways to avoid their predators’ harpoons. 

Sperm Whales learn ways to outwit human predators

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