Identification of each animal in a collective becomes possible even when individuals are never all visible simultaneously, enabling faster and more accurate analysis of collective behavior.

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A new study reveals a profound glimpse into the strange and diverse organisms living nearly 10 kilometers below the surface off Japan’s coast. Over a two-month period, an international team of ...

Survey sampling and estimation methods form the cornerstone of modern statistical inference, underpinning research across the social, medical, and natural sciences. At their heart, these methods ...

Dr. Mike Dacey analyses the challenges researchers face when studying the cognitive and emotional lives of animals and offers ...

The surprising escapes from near-death situations of beetles and other small animals illustrate how both prey and predators ...

The urban monkeys in New Delhi are so bold they’ll steal the lunch right off your plate. If you’ve spent time in New York, you’ve probably seen squirrels try to do the same. Sydney’s white ibises got ...

A simple random sample is a subset of a statistical population where each member of the population is equally likely to be chosen.

Following the trend of other regulators, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is taking steps to reduce the need for animal testing. The agency has issued a draft qualification opinion for a new ...

Heather Neave researches animal welfare, a field focused on understanding what practices can improve the lives of animals on ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) This brazen behavior isn’t normal for most species in the countryside, yet it shows up ...