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Robotic rat uses AI to befriend real rodents

A robotic wheeled rat that was trained with AI learned how to play and fight with real rodents – and could one day offer companionship to lab rats

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Robotic rat uses AI to befriend real rodents

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Inside 'Puppy Kindergarten': Science-based ways to train your dog

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Duke Puppy Kindergarten’s Fall 2021 Class graduates (Ethel, purple; Gilda, green; Dunn, blue; Gloria, gray; and Fearless, orange) on the Chapel steps.

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Orcas have begun wearing salmon hats again – and we may soon know why

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How a unique puppy kindergarten lab put the science into dog training

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How a unique puppy kindergarten lab put the science into dog training

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Our trust in society is eroding. We need to fight back

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Our trust in society is eroding. We need to fight back

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To truly understand non-human grief, we need to think like the animals

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To truly understand non-human grief, we need to think like the animals

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Why hairy animals shake themselves dry

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Why hairy animals shake themselves dry

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Are we really ready for genuine communication with animals through AI?

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Are we really ready for genuine communication with animals through AI?

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Male mice flee to female mice to de-escalate fights

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Male mice flee to female mice to de-escalate fights

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A day octopus hunting with a blue goatfish

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Octopuses and fish hunt as a team to catch more prey

An octopus will work with several different species of fish to find and catch prey - and punch those that aren't helping

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Some lizards can stay underwater for longer by blowing out and then rebreathing bubbles of air. This has been suspected since the behaviour was first observed, and now Lindsey Swierk at Binghamton University in New York has confirmed it.

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Air jacket helps 'scuba-diving' lizards stay underwater for longer

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Is life better as a dog? A philosopher investigates

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Fish size themselves up in a mirror to decide if they can win a fight

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Watch eels escape from the stomachs of fish after being swallowed

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Watch eels escape from the stomachs of fish after being swallowed

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