Animal-human interactions have been found to have positive influences on children across the world. In particular, research supports the benefits of animal-assisted activities in addressing students' ...

Lions and tigers and bears are increasingly becoming night owls because of us, a new study says. Scientists have long known that human activity disrupts nature. Besides becoming more vigilant and ...

Egyptian fruit bats and mice, respectively, can 'sync' brainwaves in social situations. The synchronization of neural activity in the brains of human conversation partners has been shown previously, ...

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Scientists have analysed for the first time the amount by which human activity forces animals to alter their movements. What's surprising is that episodic activity - like hunting, oil pipeline ...

The Kratt Brothers often point out that similar-looking animals can have big differences. When identified correctly, these differences can give clues about how animals use their creature powers! In ...

Human activity such as farming and tourism forces animals to travel 70 per cent further to find food, shelter or a mate, the first study of its kind to consider the impact on global wildlife stocks ...