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Horses really can smell fear, new study claims, and it changes their behaviour
Inna photographer/Shutterstock Roberta Blake, Anglia Ruskin University Humans have long believed horses can “smell fear”. Nervous riders are…
Can AI teach us how animals think?
Shelley Brady, Dublin City University How is an animal feeling at a given moment? Humans have long recognised…
Rockabye baby: the ‘love songs’ of lonely leopard seals resemble human nursery rhymes
CassandraSm/Shutterstock Lucinda Chambers, UNSW Sydney and Tracey Rogers, UNSW Sydney Late in the evening, the Antarctic sky flushes…
Study finds red-footed tortoises can experience moods
New research provides the first clear evidence that reptiles experience long-term mood states, a discovery that could reshape animal welfare laws and our understanding of sentience.