3+ hour, 22+ min ago   (264+ words) Kyoto, Japan -- Amphibian larvae -- often known as tadpoles -- exhibit a behavior known as social aggregation, where they gather together as a way to avoid predators. These interactions are evidence of their association preferences, or their tendency to recognize members of…...

23+ hour, 6+ min ago   (185+ words) Activity Database on Education and Research However, assessing the death of a particular plankton population out of a community consisting of hundreds of coexisting species poses a complex challenge. A team of researchers at Kyoto University addressed this by focusing…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (164+ words) Activity Database on Education and Research Kyoto, Japan -- The Japanese island of Tsushima is home to the Tsushima leopard cat, a critically endangered species that can only be found on this isolated island. The most recent government survey estimated the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (235+ words) Activity Database on Education and Research Kyoto, Japan -- When you look at someone, you usually look at their face. It serves as one of the most important sources of social information in primates, so the evolution of face perception has…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (159+ words) Activity Database on Education and Research Kyoto, Japan -- Where they could once hop and amble freely, urbanization is diminishing the habitats of amphibians. Yet, small-scale water bodies managed by people -- such as those found in the gardens of Japan's temples,…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (237+ words) Activity Database on Education and Research Once they heard about dolphin sightings in both Obama City on Wakasa Bay and Tsushima City on Aso Bay, a team of researchers at Kyoto University headed there to investigate. They wanted to know…...

3+ mon, 2+ hour ago   (550+ words) Kyoto, Japan -- Humpback whales are one of the most popular species for whale watching. Since they are active close to the water's surface, groups of whale watchers can often see them breaching and diving during breeding periods. One popular whale…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (241+ words) Kyoto, Japan -- The intrinsic information-seeking impulse we call curiosity is independent of extrinsic rewards, such as food or mating opportunities. Curiosity is purely the pursuit of understanding the unknown, driving both humans and animals to explore their environments. Still, certain…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago   (238+ words) Kyoto, Japan -- Predators don't expect to be preyed upon, and especially not by herbivores such as caterpillars. The slow-moving, leaf-eating larvae may only intend to consume plants, but sometimes tiny creatures making their homes under leaves unwittingly become dinner: cue…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (492+ words) Kyoto, Japan -- In February 2023, a resident at Kyoto University's Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior -- EHUB -- treated researchers to a spontaneous musical performance. Ayumu, a 26 year-old male chimpanzee, removed floorboards from a walkway and used them to drum…...