Robot crab reveals how males compete in claw-waving contest
A robot crab has helped scientists understand how male fiddler crabs compete over females. Male fiddler crabs have one oversized...
Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour
Monkey database reveals shift towards open science
A database about monkey behaviour reveals how science is evolving towards a more open, collaborative approach. MacaqueNet contains social behavioural...
Male killer whales protected by post-menopause mothers
Post-menopause female killer whales protect their sons – but not their daughters – from fights with other whales, new research...
Killer whale mums pay high price for raising sons
Raising sons is an exhausting experience that leaves killer whale mothers far less likely to produce more offspring, new research...