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Horse racing’s big hit: why use whips?
Do whips make horses run faster or win races? Are jockeys using whips to steer and stay safe, or are they simply whipping tired horses? These are the questions that prompted Professor Paul McGreevy of...
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Gestures & communication: chimpanzees have a point
Imagine deciphering the first form of intentional communication to be recorded in the animal kingdom. That’s exactly what Dr Catherine Hobaiter has done after years of following wild chimpanzees in the...
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A Game of Drones: Technology Aiding Conservation
When someone turns a fun hobby into a game changing tool for good, it’s inspirational! That’s exactly what Lian Pin Koh has achieved in bringing affordable drone technology to aid conservation...
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Zoobiquity: connecting the health of humans and animals
Have we forgotten that people are animals too? Barbara Natterson-Horowitz is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in the United States....
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Emotions, memory and social networks – of Goats.
Did you know that goats have emotions? How about social networks, puzzle solving skills and impressive long term memories? We’re not even kidding! Alan McElligott is based at the School of Biological...
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Is your dog optimistic? Cognitive bias in animals
Does your pet have a glass half full, or glass half empty take on life? It’s a recent discovery that many animals can be optimistic or pessimistic based on their experiences. Dr Melissa Starling holds...
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Just walking the dog: what promotes healthy humans?
Did you know scientists are studying the ways that you walk your dog? What motivates you, how long you exercise for, what features (like footpaths and dog parks) promote human activity – all these...
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Fish don’t feel pain? Diving in to the deep end of fish welfare
Do fish really feel pain? You might assume yes, but you’d be wrong. Kind of. You see – it’s complicated. Dr Ben Diggles has worked with government, aquaculture industry, recreational fisheries, and...
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An evolutionary experiment: when did wolves become dogs and what comes next?
What evolutionary and developmental processes are involved in creating physical variation? Is selection responsible for moulding the diversity of life? Or does developmental bias via drive and...
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Animals and Disgust: what underlies the ‘Eeeww’ factor?
Do slugs disgust you? How about dog poo, or road kill? Tyler (T.J.) Kasperbauer gained his PhD in Philosophy from Texas A&M University where he wrote a dissertation on moral psychology and animal...
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