Good things come in small packages! This saying perfectly describes our flying, flower-loving friends, the hummingbirds.
Author: The Ethogram
The official blog of the UC Davis Animal Behavior Graduate Group.
Ask a Scientist: Zebra Stripes
Why do zebras have stripes?
Sunday Sketch: If you are breeding and you know it, clap your flippers!
If you try and steal a seal’s girlfriend, do expect a clapback.
Field Frame Friday: She sells snail shells down by the sea shore
Certain characteristics of land snails correlate with environmental conditions, for instance larger snails are found in more moist habitats. Pheromones of conspecifics can also influence growth rate at large population densities such that smaller snails are found when population density is high. Snail shell height is influenced by the angle of the habitat where the…
Sunday Sketch: Telling the Bees
Always make sure your bees are sitting down before you hit them with some good or bad news
Field Frame Friday: A handsome collar fit for a cow
This cow (Bos taurus) is modeling a custom-made GPS collar that will be used to collect data on grazing behavior. Collars have to be sturdy and robust, so that these mischievous girls will not shake them off or rub them off while they are grazing extensive rangelands. The GPS devices in these collars store the…
Creature Feature: Orangutans
Learn about these clever red-headed apes from southeast Asia in this week’s Creature Feature.
Sunday Sketch: Let’s Make a Band!
A fact about animal squad goals.
Field Notes- Storms on the horizon: Former success breeds conservation optimism for the brown pelican
Guest contributor Bradley Wilkinson from Clemson University discusses how brown pelicans on the east coast made a conservation comeback, but face a new set of challenges that he and his colleagues have been opportunistically researching.
Online Resources for the Promotion of Diversity
Diversity and inclusion have recently garnered a lot of attention, but related issues have been around for centuries and for many, are apparent in everyday lives. There are many different definitions of diversity and inclusion. The best definitions I’ve seen for these words is given by Diversity.com, with “diversity” meaning: “The full range of ways…
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