Scientific Reports

2026-02-20 @ 17.46.39 ∈ In English

Cleaner fish show intelligence typical of mammals

When presented with a mirror, the tiny fish not only recognized themselves, but experimented with the mirror themselves, interacting with it using a scrap of food.

2026-01-27 @ 18.39.41 ∈ In English

Harvestmen arachnids apparently use fluorescent patterns for species recognition

Five closely related species show species-specific, strongly fluorescent structures on their backs that become especially visible under ultraviolet light. The results suggest that these patterns serve for species recognition—particularly at dusk and in moonlight.

2025-10-03 @ 19.13.11 ∈ In English

Trauma in a puppy’s first six months linked to adult aggression, says new study

[Some] breeds, such as Siberian Huskies [and] pit-bull type dogs, were more likely to become aggressive or fearful after experiencing early trauma. Meanwhile, other breeds, such as the Labrador Retriever, were a lot more resilient.

2024-12-10 @ 10.40.33 ∈ In English

Dogs use two-word button combos to communicate, study shows

A new study from UC San Diego’s Comparative Cognition Lab shows that dogs trained to use soundboards to “talk” are capable of making two-word button combinations that go beyond random behavior or simple imitation of their owners.

2024-06-19 @ 16.22.59 ∈ In English

Biomechanics of sound production in high-pitched classical singing

Lead author Matthias Echternach adds, "It is truly amazing how some female singers can generate the extremely high tensions in their vocal folds that are required to produce these high-pitched sounds without incurring any vocal health issues. Why some singers succeed while others don't must remain open for now."

2024-02-08 @ 19.14.12 ∈ In English

People with depression have higher body temperature

[The research] does not definitively answer whether depression causes body temperature to rise or if the higher temperature is a contributing factor to depression.

2024-02-05 @ 20.10.31 ∈ In English

Getting rid of bed bugs: Trickier than ever

[Tropical] bed bugs have turned up in the United States, Sweden, Italy, Norway, Finland, China, Japan, France, Central Europe, Spain — “even in Russia, which would have once been unthinkable,” says [Chow-Yang] Lee, of the University of California, Riverside.

2023-12-14 @ 20.39.22 ∈ In English

New study reveals characteristics that are shared among a group of uniquely gifted dogs

Science now has documented that some rare dogs are even more special. They have a talent for learning hundreds of names of dog toys. Due to the extreme rarity of this phenomenon, until recently, very little was known about these dogs, as most of the studies that documented this ability included only a small sample of one or two dogs.

2023-10-31 @ 14.57.05 ∈ Suomeksi

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Uniongelmat | Jatkuva univaje heikentää sydämen terveyttä myöhemmällä iällä, ja syykin löytyi kokeessa

Tulehduksen syyksi selvisi oksidatiivinen stressi verisuonten pintakudoksessa. […] Univajeessa antioksidanttireaktio jäi tutkimuksen mukaan kokonaan puuttumaan.

2023-09-06 @ 16.39.17 ∈ In English

Scientists spice up their anti-mosquito weaponry with mustard

Of the four seed meal types, garden cress proved the most lethal, killing more than 95 percent of mosquito larvae after only 24 hours and 100 percent in less than 48 hours. All seed meals were toxic to the larvae, except for a pennycress treatment that had been heated.