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Moths mimic sounds to survive

...ations have suggested that animals such as snakes, owls and bees use acoustic mimicry. This study takes the next step and provides the definitive experimental evidence for how mimicking sounds helps an animal survive....

Male owls pitch their hoots to advertise body weight to competitors

Why do male owls hoot? Researchers from the Centre d'Études Biologi... whether this information is actually used by male owls during territorial interactions, the authors conducted a series of playback experiments (commonly us...

Stanford study of owls finds link in brain between sight and sound

...egulated by the circuits that control gaze in barn owls suggests that the brain uses a common strategy to ...w that we have found that the principle applies in owls as well as monkeys, we can figure out the mechanisms of how the brain manages attention," said Winko...

Ancient DNA provides clues to the evolution of social behavior

...l for prowling owls. For thousands of years, these owls have roosted in two caves near the Chilean border and regurgitated pellets of indigestible fur, bones and teeth while they rest. From these teeth, scientists can determine which rodent species lived in a roughly 3-mile radius of the cave at any given...

DNA from feathers tells tale of eagle fidelity

...an 24 different species of hawks, eagles, falcons, owls and harriers. Also participating in this study were Evgeny A. Bragin of the Naurzum State Nature reserve, Karamendy, Kazakhstan; and O. Eugene Rhodes Jr., of the Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. The Wildlife Conservation Society ...

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