nature
How STRANGE are your study animals?
8 min · · A new framework for animal-behaviour research will help to avoid sampling bias — ten years on from the call to widen the pool of human participants in psychology studies beyond the WEIRD. · Shared by 135, including Dr. Walter Veit, LoriBeth
The New York Times
The Return of the Platypuses
6 min · · Rescued from Australia’s fires, a small fleet of wild platypuses is launched back into their wetland home and into an uncertain future. · Shared by 33, including Carl Zimmer, LoriBeth, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Liv 😷, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Esther Schindler
Nautilus Magazine
Why Birds Can Fly Over Mount Everest
12+ min · · Dear Bella,I’m going to imitate Rudyard Kipling and tell you a just-so story. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the… · Shared by 73, including Esther Schindler, Howard Getson, 瑞拿頭, LoriBeth, Christian Fauteux, Luzius Meisser, Beate Jordaan
National Geographic
Hummingbirds see colors we can’t even imagine
4 min · · The tiny birds’ ability to see colors outside the rainbow is “one of the most exciting things I’ve ever witnessed,” one scientist says. · Shared by 58, including Matthias Lampe, PNASNews, LoriBeth, Esther Schindler, Gregor B. Rosenauer
Singularity Hub
Animals That Can Do Math Understand More Language Than We Think
4 min · · Animals that can do basic arithmetic show us that some really are capable of understanding the terms they use and the connections between them. · Shared by 129, including Gregor B. Rosenauer, Thomas Power, LoriBeth, Birgit Schefer, John Hagel, Brian Ahier