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Aquatic elections: How fish vote on leaders, action

By Debra Durham • Nov 13th, 2008 • Category: Journalism, Research

New research announced today has shed new light on how groups of fish make decisions about their actions and their leaders.  There seem to be swing voters, undecideds and those who change their minds after things are underway.  For the sake of popular science media, comparisons have been made to human voting behavior and to [...]


Remembering the relational

By Debra Durham • Feb 21st, 2008 • Category: Articles

Are chimpanzees highly social beings? Yes. Do scientists therefore think of their relationships - in all their complexity, subtlety and variety - as a matter of course when they write, study and think about chimpanzees? No. Not necessarily.


Feeding and breeding

By Debra Durham • Feb 9th, 2008 • Category: News, Research

Are bird feeders always bird friendly?