Archive for the 'animal behavior' Category

Allez cuttlefish?

Normally, the posts I make here are about research that deals with what we are studying in class at the time, but this was too cool to pass up writing about.  It has been well-documented that dolphins are highly intelligent animals--they play, they deceive and they communicate elaborately.  But did you know that dolphins also [...]

A friendly reminder

Just a reminder...when posting comments, please remember the "Forum Decorum": When posting, your comment may not appear right away. This is a moderated forum to insure that comments which are published are appropriate and relevant to the topic being discussed. Appropriate language and content must be used in all posts, as this is an academic forum [...]

Love is in the air….

As we study reproduction and development during this Valentine's Day week, Time Magazine has an article about an unusual mating behavior observed in a group of lowland gorillas that live in a national park in the Congo. Normal gorilla mating behavior involves the mating pair meeting and mating face-to-back. The gorilla pair described [...]