3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (66+ words) Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) demonstrate inhibitory control in a detour task (VIDEO) EurekAlert! Familiarization Trial. An elephant (ThongChai) interacting with the familiarization (opaque) box. The box is in the “under” orientation and the reward is half of an apple. Video…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (141+ words) Testing the Knowing/Acting Mismatch. An elephant (ThongChai) interacting with the test (transparent) box. The box is in the “under” orientation and the reward is half of an apple. Note that this is the same elephant as in Video 1, and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (525+ words) video: FAU researchers strategically stacked infrared cameras from the forest floor to the canopy in the Congo Basin, revealing 47 mammal taxa, unexpected behaviors and wildlife patterns missed by conventional surveys. view more The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) tropical forests…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (322+ words) image: Pottos (Perodicticus potto potto) are targeted for the live exotic-pet trade, illustrating a global phenomenon associated with serious animal welfare, wildlife conservation and public health concerns. view more A new study published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity by an international…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (704+ words) New interactive tool allows law enforcement to proactively identify trafficking hot spots image: This parrot was rescued from the illegal wildlife trade. Highly vulnerable Scarlet Macaw nestlings were saved from a sprawling transnational wildlife trafficking network in Chiapas, Mexico. view…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (41+ words) Emerging (IMAGE) EurekAlert! Adult Morpho butterfly recently hatched from its pupa. Credit must be given to the creator. More on this News Release Hot temperatures can change the configuration of tiny structures, such as the scales of the dazzling Morpho…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (51+ words) Narwhal tusk (IMAGE) EurekAlert! The narwhal’s tusk is the left canine tooth, which grows through the jaw and lip and can reach more than two meters in length. Peter Gammelby Aarhus University [email protected] Cell: 2114 2956 Marianne Liebi Chalmers University of Technology…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (34+ words) Narwhals, Greenland (IMAGE) EurekAlert! Narwhals off the ice sheet of Greenland Peter Gammelby Aarhus University [email protected] Cell: 2114 2956 Marianne Liebi Chalmers University of Technology [email protected] Cell: +41 79 795 86 93...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (472+ words) Observations show “rewilded” elephants can fit in well within wild systems and readapt even after long-term captivity image: Rewilded elephants on!Khamab Kalahari Reserve, who were observed during this research project (from left to right: Ngwedi, Mana, Michael, and Chikwenya)....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (34+ words) (IMAGE) EurekAlert! Chaoborus edulis larva Credit Philip Matthews Single use only with stories about this research More on this News Release Insect submariners survive the depths without imploding...