It goes to show how life on Earth can dwell under the most extreme and bizarre circumstances.

www.iflscience.com/scientists-w...

How do social versus #genetic factors influence communication in non-human #hominids? This study shows that, in line with their caretaking role, #chimpanzees exhibit social influences on #communication behavior from their mothers, but not fathers @plosbiology.org 🧪https://plos.io/45o2dMm

Why did these researchers stick a rubber duck to a rock?

🐜✨ GEPETO's 1st paper is out in Biotropica! 100% Parauara science 💚💛: Labidus coecus may feed on large vertebrate flesh 🥩 — rare behavior in army ants!
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/btp....
#GEPETO #tropicalecology #brazilianscience

Alpha oscillations shape sensory processing, but do they also modulate the perception of #pain? This #preregistered study by @ploner.bsky.social &co found no evidence for a causal relationship between alpha oscillations and pain perception 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/42r0F4u

Eusociality evolves more readily in haplodiploid #insects because of an inflated #genetic relatedness between sisters - the transition rate from solitary to eusocial life was 15-100 times higher in haplodiploid than diploid lineages www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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The closer a chimp is to the first urinator, the more likely it is to follow suit

https://go.nature.com/4ar0mIM

Check out our lab’s new paper by the brilliant @luakoenig.bsky.social !

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