animal behaviour

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A fakir presents a white elephant to the King, from Kalila wa Dimna by Abdu llah ibn al-Mugaffa

Elephants and humans: a love affair over 1300 years

01 Jul 2015

̽��ֱ��Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, E is for...

Baboons prefer to spend time with others of the same age, status and even personality

13 May 2015

Latest research shows that, within large troops, baboons spend more time grooming those with similar dominance rank and boldness to themselves...

Neolamprologus pulcher (N. Pulcher) breed of cichlid fish used in the study

Fish born in larger groups develop more social skills and a different brain structure

07 May 2015

New research on a highly social fish shows that those reared in larger social groups from the earliest stage of life develop increased social skills...

Colour-morphing reef fish is a 'wolf in sheep's clothing'

19 Mar 2015

̽��ֱ��dottyback changes its colour to match surrounding damselfish species, enabling it to counter the defences of its damselfish prey by disguising...

Kirsty MacLeod and meerkats, Credit: Kirsty MacLeod

‘Extreme sleepover #13’ – the wet-nursing meerkats of the Kalahari

04 Jun 2014

Reporting back from her time spent in the Kalahari Desert, PhD student Kirsty MacLeod describes the fascinating life of a gang of meerkats that...

To boldly go – how personality predicts social learning in baboons

11 Mar 2014

Like other social animals, baboons learn from each other about which foods are best to eat. Now, researchers at Cambridge have found that how well...

̽��ֱ��eyes have it

05 Feb 2014

Researchers in Cambridge and Exeter have discovered that jackdaws use their eyes to communicate with each other – the first time this has been shown...