Beluga whales pass mirror self-recognition test for first time
A study at the New York Aquarium has found that beluga whales can recognise themselves in a mirror, adding the species to a rare list of self-aware animals. The research, led by…
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Dogs can tell if you are scared or sad, brain scans show
A new study published in iScience found that dogs can distinguish between human emotions such as happiness, fear, anger, and sadness using brain scans. Researchers at the University of Vienna trained pet…
Honeybees can learn to recognise human faces, studies show
Honeybees can be trained with sugar rewards to recognise human faces and can later pick out the same face from new angles and among unfamiliar faces. A 2010 study in the Journal…
Why cockroach traps fail: newborns learn colony smell from faeces
Newborn German cockroaches learn the smell of their colony by eating faeces from a communal pile, reports the Times of India. This early social imprinting keeps them close to the group and…
