Tropical wildlife keep similar routines around the world

New findings show that similar environmental conditions in rainforests around the world result in consistent wildlife activity patterns.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
Nov. 30, 2022 • ~5 min

Tropical wildlife keep similar routines around the world

New findings show that similar environmental conditions in rainforests around the world result in consistent wildlife activity patterns.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
Nov. 30, 2022 • ~5 min

Do treeshrews break the ‘rules’ due to climate?

The Northern treeshrew defies two widely tested ecological "rules" of body size variation within species, according to a new study.

Bess Connolly Martell-Yale • futurity
Nov. 29, 2022 • ~7 min

Cool footage: Some Asian animals thrive near people

Some large Asian animals are surprisingly able to live near humans, research finds. Others are not.

U. Queensland • futurity
Oct. 24, 2022 • ~5 min

A fossil baby helped scientists explain how mammals thrived after the dinosaur extinction - new research

Palaeontologists studied Pantolambda fossils in forensic detail to learn about its lifestyle.

Gregory Funston, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Edinburgh • conversation
Sept. 15, 2022 • ~7 min

Loss of land mammals decimated food webs over 130,000 years

Recreating 130,000 years of mammal food webs with machine learning reveals the scope of the biodiversity crisis.

Jade Boyd-Rice • futurity
Sept. 7, 2022 • ~6 min

Dolphins use signature whistles to represent other dolphins – similarly to how humans use names

Using urine and signature whistles from other dolphins, a team of scientists has shown that dolphins use signature whistles like names and hold mental representations of other dolphins in their minds.

Jason Bruck, Assistant Professor of Biology, Stephen F. Austin State University • conversation
Aug. 23, 2022 • ~9 min

Scientists Study Inner Ear to Determine Beginnings of Mammals
VOA Learning English • voa
July 31, 2022 • ~5 min

Fossil discovery complicates placenta vs. pouch

Scientists have viewed marsupial reproduction as more "primitive" than that of placental mammals. Fossils complicate that view.

Jim Erickson-Michigan • futurity
July 27, 2022 • ~9 min

Five ways to help wildlife in heatwaves

If you’re hot, so are your four-legged neighbours.

Sarah Papworth, Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology, Royal Holloway University of London • conversation
July 18, 2022 • ~6 min

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