Tag: animal behavior
Bumblebees show a sugar rush with sweet nectar
Bees not only display signs of intelligence but also emotion, and it may have something to do with how much sugar is in the nectar they drink.
Facebook for dolphins?
Dolphins, like humans, develop friendships, preferences for spending time with certain other dolphins, and extensive social networks.
Male baboons look for more than a big butt
Scientists investigating baboons in Kenya have discovered that males care about more than just the size of a female's backside. It's all in the timing.
For some birds, color is a mixed blessing
Natural selection is at work in making the cap on female red-capped plovers dull while that on males of the species has remained brightly colored.
Distance running as a potential mating dance?
In our evolutionary past, females may have used a man's skill as a distance runner to determine the quality of his other male traits, new research finds.