Joseph Carter, a.k.a. the Mink Man, trains feisty carnivores to patrol canals and urban river banks for a growing online audience.
Tag: your-feed-animals
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The Animal Translators
Scientists are using machine learning to eavesdrop on naked mole rats, fruit bats, crows and whales — and to communicate back.
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Octopuses Don’t Have Backbones — or Rights
As cephalopods become more important in neuroscience and other fields, scientists and welfare advocates seek to give the smart animals the same protections as mice and monkeys.
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Death Valley’s Invasive Donkeys Have Become Cat Food
Feral burros wreck wetlands in the desert national park. But a study found that when mountain lions prey on them, the donkeys may help some terrain thrive.
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Modern and Ancient Crickets May Sing the Same Song
With a one-of-a-kind museum specimen, researchers recreated the chirp of ancient cricket relatives that droned alongside the dinosaurs.