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Moment BAT hitches ride on ScotRail train - leaving passengers in major flap
12+ hour, 17+ min ago (423+ words) A BAT which managed to sneak onto a ScotRail train had passengers and a ticket inspectors in a flap. The creepy critter caused chaos on a service between Gourock, Renfrewshire, and Glasgow Central on Saturday afternoon. A clip showed the…...
Why sleeping less than apes helped humans become Earth’s dominant species
9+ hour, 54+ min ago (206+ words) Sleep expert and anthropologist David R Samson sheds light on how human sleep evolved from apes to hunter-gatherers to modern societies For most people, bedtime is a routine matter of turning off the lights and hoping for eight hours of…...
Tiny AI Model Learns to Tell Individual Turkeys Apart in Crowded Barns
10+ hour, 3+ min ago (57+ words) In the dim, crowded interior of a commercial turkey barn, one bird looks much like another. Thousands of large, white-feathered animals mill about under fixed overhead cameras, and to the human eye—and, crucially, to most computer vision systems—they…...
Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 9076: Explainable Cattle Identification via ArcFace Embeddings and Vision–Language Explanations
17+ hour, 21+ min ago (567+ words) Individual cattle identification underpins traceability, genetic management and disease surveillance in precision livestock farming. Ear tags and RFID remain the dominant practice but are subject to loss, tampering and welfare concerns, which motivates contactless biometric alternatives. Most deep learning systems…...
Monkeys Hunt Dangerous Prey When Fruit Runs Out, 45-Month Study Finds
20+ hour, 46+ min ago (282+ words) When fruit disappears, bearded capuchins switch from foraging to hunting, targeting everything from lizards and rodents to snakes, iguanas, and young birds....
Late season silk — Face-finding webs work of orb-weaver spiders
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (205+ words) There is a neurological condition, Hutchinsonâs mask, that creates the creepy tactile sensation of just having walked face-first into a spider web. The furrow orb-weaver spider is one of the common web-builders in our region whose work people often…...
Elephants Just Passed a Classic Psychology Test – With More Restraint Than Many Humans
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (444+ words) After a long day at work, it can be a struggle to resist the urge to just order food delivery instead of checking the fridge first....
After being pinned down for two hours by her napping cat, a woman realizes the inconvenience is actually the ultimate compliment: 'I always forget how untrusting cats are, so when they do trust you, it's like a reward."
3+ day, 9+ min ago (443+ words) Cat law is cat law, and every cat pawrent knows to obey their floofy feline overlords who rule their lives with an iron paw.Some cats enact really weird laws in their domestic house kingdoms: Don't th... - Cats have their…...
Elephants think before they act and resist impulsive behavior
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (652+ words) Mortgage rates headed higher this week in the wake of severa… (The Center Square) – Legal analysts and advocates warn that a case before the U… Clever elephants can think before they act and resist impulsive behavior, reveals new research. Experiments…...
There’s no such thing as a ‘pet monkey.’ Here’s why.
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (440+ words) Kindness looks good on you! Shop for good: Snag cozy gear, fun gifts and animal-loving merch—all while supporting our lifesaving work. This is just one of hundreds of incidents across the U.S. that our team tracks that illustrate what…...