We might be able to learn a thing or two from squirrel instincts. Researchers at Oberlin College — biologist Keith A. Tarvin and two of his students, Marie V. Lilly and Emma C. Lucore — published a ...
It might sound nuts. But the squirrels are definitely listening. For years, researchers have known that squirrels can eavesdrop on other species’ alarm calls to cue into dangerous situations that they ...
Nearly all grandparents, it seems, think their grandkids are pretty special. They tell themselves their perfect little gems are scholarly, athletic, cute, clever and astonishingly talented in so many ...
Source: Charles J. Sharp, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) listen in to birds’ conversations for cues about nearby ...
Squirrels are capricious little creatures. And aside from taunting the neighborhood dogs and using your gutters as water slides, it appears they also eavesdrop on bird chatter to gauge their safety. A ...
Scientists show that squirrels have one ear tuned to the chatter of birds, and act on what they learn from eavesdropping. By James Gorman It will come as no surprise to squirrel lovers — and haters, ...
In a new study out of Oberlin College, researchers found that "eastern gray squirrels eavesdrop on non-alarm auditory cues as indicators of safety" We might be able to learn a thing or two from ...