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Illustration of hermit crab social memory showing two crabs: one with a “Danger/Avoid” warning bubble and another with a “Disarmed/Update” bubble, symbolizing threat persistence versus behavioral updating

Animal Minds and Behaviour

The Hermit Crab That Remembers: How Tiny Crustaceans Keep Mental Score

PopBiology Owl Jan 30, 2026 0

In the shallow waters off Japan, hermit crabs are engaged in a complex social game that would make any chess…

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Infographic: piglet grunts reveal emotions – longer, smooth grunts when anticipating humans vs. rougher, more frequent grunts when expecting other pigs

Animal Minds and Behaviour

Piglet Talk: How Grunts Reveal Emotions When Waiting for Friends

PopBiology Owl Sep 1, 2025 0

What Pig Grunts Can Tell Us About Their Feelings Picture a sunlit barn on a crisp morning, where a group…

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Impasto illustration of a peanut plant with healthy foliage above ground but smut-infected pods below; chart shows the same percentage yield cut results in greater total yield loss in kilograms in a high-potential field.

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Peanut Smut in Argentina: The Real Cost, and How to Calculate It in Your Field

PopBiology Owl Aug 25, 2026

Impasto painting of an adult Greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) guiding two yearlings along glowing light trails from a barn summer roost to a winter cave hibernaculum at twilight.

Animal Minds and Behaviour

Bats Pass Down the Secret of Where to Spend Winter – And Scientists Finally Caught Them Doing It

PopBiology Owl Aug 18, 2026

Impasto diptych of a mother and calf bottlenose dolphins swimming with salmon on the left panel, and cod, saithe, and whiting on the right.

Animal Minds and Behaviour

Do Dolphins Use Friendship to Survive Hard Times? 35 Years in the Moray Firth Says Not Really

PopBiology Owl Aug 11, 2026

Impasto painting of a sunflower field split by day with bees and by night with moths, monitored by a PolliCrop AI camera.

Animal Minds and Behaviour

The Night Shift: How PolliCrop AI Caught Moths Visiting Sunflowers for Nectar After Dark

PopBiology Owl Aug 4, 2026