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Pigeons can understand probabilities - just like primates can

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Pigeons can understand probabilities - just like primates can

We know that humans and some other primates can instinctively distinguish between high and low probabilities – now pigeons have shown they might share the skill

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Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

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Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

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Ape ‘midwives’ spotted helping female bonobos give birth

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Ape ‘midwives’ spotted helping female bonobos give birth

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Cute but dim quolls have been taught to stop eating toxic toads

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Cute but dim quolls have been taught to stop eating toxic toads

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Horses remember if you smiled or frowned when they last saw you

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Horses remember if you smiled or frowned when they last saw you

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Wasps drum with their stomachs to tell each other about food

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Wasps drum with their stomachs to tell each other about food

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Virtuoso bowhead whales constantly make up new songs

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Virtuoso bowhead whales constantly make up new songs

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Dog brain scans show if they are looking at a happy or sad face

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Dog brain scans show if they are looking at a happy or sad face

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Heavy metal poisoning may be changing birds’ personalities

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Heavy metal poisoning may be changing birds’ personalities

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Advertising campaign for monkeys uses sex to sell brands

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Advertising campaign for monkeys uses sex to sell brands

Everyone knows that in advertising sex sells, and it turns out that sex-themed adverts even work on rhesus macaques

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Ants care for wounded comrades by licking their wounds clean

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Birds 'dream sing' by moving their vocal muscles in their sleep

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How besieged ants decide when it’s time to abandon their nests

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After crows fight they touch and preen each other to make up

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