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For many, having a pet is simply a joyful part of their life. But for others, particularly trauma survivors, an emotional ...

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Cowbird mothers abandon their eggs in the nests of other bird species, but the chicks somehow manage to find their flock and ...

Discover how Pennsylvania Farm Bureau President Chris Hoffman uses science, technology, and care to raise healthy livestock, ...

What if animals communicate with each other in entire conversations that we do not understand? For decades, researchers ...

Albuquerque Animal Welfare owners to prepare pets for fireworks as shelters offer free tags and chips through Thursday ...

Researchers are using large language models to decode the communication patterns of animals.

For years, people have guessed what their cats meant with each meow, chirp, or growl. Sometimes it’s obvious—a hungry stare ...

Purves, whose work sits at the intersection of ecology and artificial intelligence, believes that the same kind of technology powering large language models for humans can be adapted for the non-human ...

Brown widow spider While not native to the U.S., the brown widow spider can be found in Louisiana and predominantly reside within large populations and around homes or buildings. These spiders are ...