#animalbehavior

Video Shows a San Diego Dog Seeming to Greet an Intruder. Why Didn't He Bark? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/us/san-diego-intruder-dog-video.html #Dogs #Crime #AnimalBehavior

Why Each Octopus Arm Has a Mind of Its Own https://www.wired.com/story/octopus-arms-distributed-intelligence-nine-brains/ #Science #Octopus #AnimalBehavior

Monkeys Understand Shapes in Almost the Same Way as Humans https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/science/monkeys-cognition-shapes-geometry.html #Science #AnimalBehavior #Cognition

Naked mole-rat queens keep their colonies in line with a scent https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/naked-mole-rat-queens-keep-their-colonies-in-line-with-a-scent/ #Science #Biology #AnimalBehavior

Cheating Chickadees Are Seduced by Smarts https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/science/cheating-chickadees-are-seduced-by-smarts.html #Science #Birds #AnimalBehavior