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Is your toddler really smarter than a chimpanzee? (BBC Earth)

It sounds like a no-brainer, but it’s not clear that young children are any more intelligent than chimpanzees. Check out my latest article over at BBC Earth where I try to figure out if my toddler is smarter than a chimpanzee

Is your toddler really smarter than a chimpanzee?

It sounds like a no-brainer, but it’s not clear that young children are any more intelligent than chimpanzees. Check out my latest article over at BBC Earth where I try to figure out if my toddler is smarter than a chimpanzee

Top 4 dolphin science discoveries you might have missed this year

If you follow along with dolphin science news, you probably know about a recent study showing that whale and dolphin (cetacean) pelvic bones, which were once considered ‘evolutionary leftovers’, are now thought to be a vital component of their sexual reproduction equipment. Scientists discovered that bigger pelvic bones in cetaceans correspond to bigger testicles, and also [&hellip

Are dolphins cleverer than dogs? (BBC Earth)

I penned an article titled Are Dolphins Cleverer than Dogs for the newly launched BBC site, BBC Earth. There are some great articles on this site – it’s worth checking out!

One out of every six dolphins in The Bahamas has been bitten by a shark

According to a recent study, one out of every six dolphins that live off of the island of Bimini in The Bahamas is sporting some kind of scar from a failed shark predation attempt. Scientists were able to recognize the scars on these Atlantic spotted dolphins as shark bites due to their telltale crescent shape. [&hellip

This hero octopus mom sits on her eggs for four and a half YEARS!

Even the clingiest helicopter parents ain’t got nothin’ on Graneledone boreopacifica, a deep-sea octopus that spends four and a half years sitting atop her eggs. Without a break. Or a meal. Until she literally drops dead. Using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute were able to observe a [&hellip

This hero octopus mom sits on her eggs for four and a half YEARS

Even the clingiest helicopter parents ain’t got nothin’ on Graneledone boreopacifica, a deep-sea octopus that spends four and a half years sitting atop her eggs. Without a break. Or a meal. Until she literally drops dead. Using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute were able to observe a [&hellip

Margaret Howe didn’t really “have sex” with that dolphin. But there was LSD.

An upcoming documentary on John Lilly’s famous dolphin-masturbation and LSD experiments from the 1960s is making headlines this week. These experiments involved a woman – Margaret Howe – living alongside a dolphin named Peter in a flooded house on St. Thomas in an attempt to teach Peter to speak English. Not all of the recent [&hellip

New study: Male frogs sound sexier in storm drains

When humans build things, animals usually die. Highways, strip malls, parking lots … when we pave over paradise, natural habitats – and the animals that depend on them – are destroyed. But one group of amphibians in Taiwan is reaping the benefits of unstoppable human sprawl. Taiwanese road workers have inadvertently constructed an amplification system [&hellip

Hay Festival is dolphin friendly

I attended Hay Festival this week, the annual literary festival in the Welsh countryside that attracts authors and bibliophiles from around the world. I was invited to speak about my book Are Dolphins Really Smart?. As one of the authors at the festival, I received a kind of special status that I certainly don’t experience [&hellip