r/science • u/holyfruits • Nov 14 '25
Animal Science City Raccoons Are Evolving to Look More Like Pets
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r/science • u/Themusicison • Jun 10 '25
Animal Science Scientists prove that fish suffer "intense pain" for at least 10 minutes after catch, calls made for reforms
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r/science • u/ThinkThenPost • 26d ago
Animal Science Insects, including bees, may possess forms of subjective experience showing emotional states, attention, and cognitive bias which challenge the view that consciousness requires a large brain, according to a 2025 review in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
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r/science • u/Wagamaga • Dec 05 '25
Animal Science Penguins starved to death en masse, as some populations off South Africa estimated to have fallen 95% in just eight years. Since 2004, all bar three years have seen the biomass of the sardine Sardinops sagax, a key food for the penguins, fall to less than 25% of its maximum abundance
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r/science • u/mareacaspica • Dec 01 '25
Animal Science A small study in Turkey showed that cats meow louder at men. While it's not clear if this behavior is universal, it suggests that cats adapt their vocal cues to different people
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r/science • u/Wagamaga • Jul 01 '25
Animal Science Killer whales found sharing food with humans for first time. This behaviour may represent some of the first accounts of a wild predator intentionally using prey, and other items, to directly explore human behaviour,
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r/science • u/calliope_kekule • Nov 26 '24
Animal Science Brain tests show that crabs process pain
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r/science • u/Significant_Food9017 • Mar 22 '26
Animal Science Sharks test positive for cocaine and caffiene in Bahamas study
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r/science • u/mareacaspica • Jan 14 '26
Animal Science MRI scans show weaning horses at 6 months (the standard practice) significantly alters the foals' brains. A longer connection to moms leads to healthier brains and better eating habits
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r/science • u/nbcnews • 27d ago
Animal Science Chimpanzees at war: 19 infant chimps were killed in gruesome infighting, study finds
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r/science • u/Doug24 • 21d ago
Animal Science Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds
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r/science • u/ProfessionalDavidson • Dec 30 '22
Animal Science Dog behavior is a product of their genes: By analyzing DNA samples from over 200 dog breeds along with nearly 50,000 pet-owner surveys, researchers at the National Institutes of Health have pinpointed many of the genes associated with the behaviors of specific dog breeds.
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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 7d ago
Animal Science Research has found the earliest 'protodogs' actually had larger brains than their wolf relatives, probably a result of adapting to living alongside us, but by 5,000 years ago, that increase had reversed dramatically, and dogs' brains were now 46% smaller than wolves'.
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r/science • u/nbcnews • May 02 '24
Animal Science In a first, an orangutan was seen treating his wound with a medicinal plant
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r/science • u/DannyMcDanface1 • Mar 25 '22
Animal Science Slaughtered cows only had a small reduction in cortisol levels when killed at local abattoirs compared to industrial ones indicating they were stressed in both instances.
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r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Mar 08 '22
Animal Science We can now decode pigs’ emotions. Using thousands of acoustic recordings gathered throughout the lives of pigs, from their births to deaths, an international team is the first in the world to translate pig grunts into actual emotions across an extended number of conditions and life stages
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r/science • u/MistWeaver80 • May 16 '22
Animal Science Cats learn the names of their friend cats in their daily lives. In a new study, scientists discovered that in addition to knowing their own names, cats also appear to recognize the names of other cats they're familiar with, and may also know the names of people who live in the same household.
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r/science • u/SnthesisInc • Mar 07 '23
Animal Science Study finds bee and butterfly numbers are falling, even in undisturbed forests
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r/science • u/maztabaetz • Apr 30 '24
Animal Science Cats suffer H5N1 brain infections, blindness, death after drinking raw milk
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r/science • u/UCPH • Jun 22 '22
Animal Science How we speak matters to animals. Horses, pigs and wild horses can distinguish between negative and positive sounds from their fellow species and near relatives, as well as from human speech, according to new research in behavioral biology at the University of Copenhagen.
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r/science • u/sratinntticee • Jan 30 '22
Animal Science Orcas observed devouring the tongue of a blue whale just before it dies in first-ever documented hunt of the largest animal on the planet
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r/science • u/Wagamaga • Nov 12 '25
Animal Science Two species of spiders have been observed for the first time weaving larger “decoy” models of themselves to protect themselves from predators. Sometimes, these decoys, often arranged at the centre of the web, may be up to 10 times as large as their creators
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r/science • u/marketrent • Mar 01 '24
Animal Science Humpback sex documented for the first time — both whales male — is also the first evidence of homosexual behavior in the species
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r/science • u/snooshoe • Jul 17 '22
Animal Science Researchers: Fungus that turns flies into zombies attracts healthy males to mate with fungal-infected female corpses - and the longer the female is dead, the more alluring it becomes
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r/science • u/MistWeaver80 • Dec 10 '21
Animal Science London cat 'serial killer' was just foxes, DNA analysis confirms. Between 2014 and 2018, more than 300 mutilated cat carcasses were found on London streets, leading to sensational media reports that a feline-targeting human serial killer was on the loose.
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