This is about limb regeneration. It’s the kind of thing that salamanders can do. It is a very complicated process. Humans can’t do it but wouldn’t it be nice if we could? It would almost be the holy grail of medicine. Research on the regeneration …
What is cumulative culture? The best ways to describe it is to refer to the way that chimpanzees from Bossou, Guinea, have learned to crack open a nut by placing it on a large stone and then hitting it with a smaller stone. Not all …
Hippos mark territory with poop. It reminds me of cats actually. But hippos only mark territory by spraying poop with their tail when they are confronted with a hippo that is a stranger. When they hear the wheeze-honk of a hippo they have not heard …
The beautiful owl is back in the news. People are fascinated by this wonderful bird’s ability to fly so silently; a silent beast gliding through the woods. Noise has become an issue to people in general, I believe, because people are more sensitive about the …
The participating dogs in a study on how they perceive different languages spoken by their owner and others required that their brains were MRI scanned while listening to two different languages. They were trained to keep completely still in order for a successful MRI scan …
This is not a criticism of hedgehogs. We all adore them. And this news shouldn’t change our attitude towards them in any way. It’s a bit of science which tells us that a bacterium, MRSA (Staphylococcus aureus), evolved on the skin of hedgehogs about 200 …
Once again companion animals are proving their worth in terms of health benefits. It is reported today in The Times that, as expected, dogs have proved highly beneficial during the Covid pandemic. A study confirmed perhaps what we already knew namely that dog owners are …
Funnily enough, both whales and washing machines including other household items can help reduce greenhouse gases. I don’t expect anything other than a tiny change. But ‘every little helps’ in the words of Tesco, a supermarket chain in the UK. Whales Unbeknownst to humankind, the …
It’s been found that discarded tires lying on the seabed are death traps for hermit crabs. They climb into the tyres but can’t get out because the walls are concave. It’s as simple as that. I suppose they climb into them for protection but it …
