A new study finds that chimpanzee babies learn vocal and visual communication patterns from their mothers. The findings may shed light on the way human babies learn from those close to them.
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Study finds female mountain gorillas prefer to join ‘buddies’
When female gorillas leave one social group and join another, they tend to seek out groups with other females that they’ve lived with in the past, showing the power of long-term relationships.
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Researchers find that songbirds sometimes get ‘divorced’
A new study from Oxford University finds that a common European songbird sometimes divorces its partner between breeding seasons.
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Researchers puzzle over rash of baby monkey kidnappings
Young, male capuchin monkeys have started kidnapping the babies of nearby howler monkeys. Why? Maybe boredom.
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How land-loving iguanas from North America may have ended up in Fiji
A new study suggests iguanas reached Fiji by rafting around 5,000 miles from North America.
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Lab mice may give ‘first aid’ to unconscious mates
New research suggests mice may exhibit revival-like behaviors to help unconscious mice recover faster.
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When birds build nests, they’re also building a culture
Nest-building isn’t just instinct. Birds can learn from others, letting groups within one species develop their own distinctive nest-building traditions.
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Crows can count out loud like human toddlers — when they aren’t cheating the test
A study finds that carrion crows can be taught to count and make vocalizations that indicate the number counted, much in the same way that human toddlers do.
