Tags: Animals

'Pet-Directed Speech' Used By Women To Talk With Their Dog

Like mothers, the study proved that it is best when women speak baby talk to their dog, just like how mother communicate with their newborn. Also, the use of verbal and non-verbal tricks and the intended function of vocal utterances provide dogs with information about their intentions and emotions.

India Discovers 7 New Tiny Frogs

India has recently discovered 7 new small species of frogs. India has discovered seven new night frogs. The new species of frogs were discovered in the Western side of Ghats.

Embryological Manipulation Reveals Chicks Can Have Prehistoric Looks

One of the latest breakthroughs from Yale scientists: the mighty dino-chicken. The Yale team used molecular manipulation to grow chicken embryos with Velociraptor snouts and published their results yesterday in the journal Evolution. The embryos did not hatch.

Dogs Can Discriminate Emotional Expressions of Human Faces

Researchers have shown that dogs are able to distinguish between happy and angry human faces. A group of cognitive neuroscientists have shown conclusively that dogs are able to differentiate between happy and sad human faces.

Why Researchers Have to Go In Disguise—The Penguin in the Room

Looking for a way to observe king penguin colonies in the ice fields of Antarctica, researchers led by Yvon Le Maho from the University of Strasbourg, France developed a fluffy little rover shaped in the image of a penguin chick so that they could get an up-close view of the male penguins’ nesting behaviors.

Recommended Stories

Real Time Analytics