Attacks were triggered by active pigeons. Motionless ones escaped alive! (Cucherousset et al., 2012)

Adapted Catfish: The Pigeon-Grabbers

Animals use numerous foraging strategies to capture their prey – many even find ways to obtain prey that lie outside their ecosystem boundaries. Recently, scientists discovered a freshwater catfish population intentionally beaching themselves to catch and consume birds.   Many…

Don't want more ERP? Learn from the ants!

Don’t want more ERP? Learn from the ants!

Ever heard the phrase “They’re moving like ants!” used when caught in traffic? Well, in a traffic jam, you would actually want other cars to be travelling like ants! In unidirectional ant trails, there are rarely any traffic jams (John A, Schadschneider…

The Little Architect

He pays great attention to making sure everything looks perfect. He carefully places a few flowers around, along with several interesting items: straws, shells and sticks that he picked up here and there-making sure the structure he decorated and built…

Sophistication of gray wolves

Gray wolves, also known scientifically as Canis lupus, are very sophisticated creatures especially in the aspects of their social interaction between members of their species and their level of intelligence. Most gray wolves are part of packs and in their…

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