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Humans and wild apes share common sign language, study finds – BBC News

Humans share common sign language with wild apes, a study has found. The research revealed that humans are capable of understanding many of the gestures wild chimps and bonobos use to communicate with one another. The video-based study was carried … Continue reading

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The surprising reason birds sing – Partha P. Mitra

[..] A brown thrasher knows a thousand songs. A wood thrush can sing two pitches at once. A mockingbird can match the sounds around it — including car alarms. These are just a few of the 4,000 species of songbirds. … Continue reading

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How Trees Control the Weather

[…] Who knew that a rainforest could be literal? Hosted by: Rose Bear Don’t Walk (she/her) […]

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The Biogeography of the Oceans

[..] So far in my studies of biogeography, we’ve mainly looked at how life distributes and structures itself on land. Today we’re changing that by taking a deep dive into the many similarities and differences between terrestrial and marine environments. … Continue reading

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Manchester Evening News (@manchestereveningnews) • Instagram reel

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What is a mind? – with Philip Ball

Does a fly have a mind? What about a tree? Or a machine? How do we even begin to think about ‘minds’ that are not human? Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/PdFhGKztmqU Buy Phillip’s new book ‘The Book of Minds’ here: … Continue reading

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Chanje Kunda (@chanje.kunda) • Instagram photo

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Featured Wildlife shot of the day

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