Egyptian fruit bats and mice, respectively, can 'sync' brainwaves in social situations. The synchronization of neural activity in the brains of human conversation partners has been shown previously, ...

Lions and tigers and bears are increasingly becoming night owls because of us, a new study says. Scientists have long known that human activity disrupts nature. Besides becoming more vigilant and ...

The electrical activity inside humans and other animals is eerily similar to the electrical fields observed in the Earth's atmosphere, according to a team of researchers. In a study published in the ...

Scientists have analysed for the first time the amount by which human activity forces animals to alter their movements. What's surprising is that episodic activity - like hunting, oil pipeline ...

The Kratt Brothers often point out that similar-looking animals can have big differences. When identified correctly, these differences can give clues about how animals use their creature powers! In ...

There have been reports of abnormal animal behavior prior to earthquakes since ancient times. The earliest reference might be from the Greek city of Helice in 373 B.C. Historians recorded that rats, ...

Animals going into nighttime mode could become disoriented when the sun returns. When millions of people look to the skies on April 8 to witness the total solar eclipse, scientists will be studying ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook One way Nintendo can improve the Animal Crossing series is by adding more activities. Many play ...

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual ...

Animals that live near human activity are becoming nocturnal just to avoid us, and the implications for ecosystems around the world could be huge. A team of researchers conducted a meta-analysis which ...

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