Guinea pig teenagers are highly domesticated
Unlike their human counterparts, adolescent guinea pigs display highly domesticated behavior says a new paper published today in Frontiers in Zoology. They… Read more »
Latest posts by Rhiannon Meaden (see all)
- Guinea pig teenagers are highly domesticated - 9th April 2014
- Goats, the boffins of the farmyard - 26th March 2014
- Developments in Daphnia - 25th March 2014
Goats, the boffins of the farmyard
Goats are well known for their high adaptability and ability to survive in inhospitable and food scarce environments. It turns out that this behavioural… Read more »
Developments in Daphnia
Recent headlines reporting contaminated floodwaters invading British towns and villages may have left you wondering what’s really lurking in these waters. If… Read more »
Lights, Camera, ACTION! – EvoDevo introduces video to its PDFs
Guest blog post from Mark Martindale and Max Telford, Editors-in-Chief, EvoDevo Change over time is a central theme in biology, and of particular importance in… Read more »
‘Twerking’ male black widow spiders avoid precopulatory predation
Low amplitude vibrations produced by ‘twerking’ of the abdomen may prevent a premature and grisly end to the courtship efforts of male black widow spiders,… Read more »
Emotional signals of a false vampire bat
Bats are able to detect and respond to emotion in a similar way to humans, finds new research published in Frontiers in Zoology this week. Using recorded… Read more »
Climate Change Responses is now accepting submissions!
Climate Change Responses, a new open access journal from BioMed Central focused on biotic responses to climate change, is now accepting submissions. The… Read more »
Are elephants beginning to forget?
Elephants’ social skills are vital to their survival, helping them to live as part of a group. But research published in Frontiers in Zoology this week shows… Read more »
Whales at the Disko
Bowhead whales congregate in Disko Bay, West Greenland, in winter and spring in order to take advantage of high quality feeding opportunities, finds a new… Read more »
Effects of national parks on human well-being
National parks vary in their effects on human well-being, finds a new systematic review published in Environmental Evidence today. The study adds to our… Read more »