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Winter weather brings tragedy - again

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Libby Anderson
18 April 2012

OneKind supporter Maurice Gray has been campaigning for years to cut the death toll on Scottish sheep farms in winter.  Last week (10 April)...

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Chimps used in experiments show signs of post-traumatic stress and depression

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15 July 2011

In humans, psychiatric conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression, are commonly diagnosed after acute, repeated, or...

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Sentient whales should be treated ethically

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11 July 2011

This is the message OneKind and the rest of the Whalewatch coalition are sending to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) which is meeting...

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Pigeons remember peoples’ faces

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04 July 2011

New research has shown that feral, untrained pigeons can recognise individual people and are not fooled by a change of clothes.   Researchers,...

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New technologies inspired by nature

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04 July 2011

From early days, the natural world has always inspired and informed humans’ ideas and inventions.   Over billions of years nature has...

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Happier orangutans live longer lives

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01 July 2011

Happier orangutans are more likely to live for longer, according to a new study.   A team of researchers in the UK and US devised a method...

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Chimps suffer mental illness in zoos

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23 June 2011

As they are our closest living relatives and so like us in so many ways, we would expect chimpanzees to experience the world in similar ways to...

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Parrots can reason

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22 June 2011

Parrots are known to be highly intelligent birds but until now it had not been proved that they can reason. We know that humans and other great apes...

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OneKind talks animal ethics with Andrew Linzey

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21 June 2011

Reverend Professor Andrew Linzey is one of the world's leading lights on animal ethics and our relationship with the other animals with whom we share...

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Three top animal fathers

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17 June 2011

With it being the time of year we pay appreciation to our fathers I thought we’d celebrate some of the most impressive fathers in the animal...

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Dolphins Use Double Sonar

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15 June 2011

Dolphins and porpoises use echolocation for hunting and orientation. By sending out high-frequency sound, known as ultrasound, dolphins can use the...

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Penguins coordinate movement to keep warm

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06 June 2011

Penguins are remarkable birds who manage to survive in some of the harshest of environments on earth. The survival techniques of Emperor penguins...

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Bees show signs of negative emotions

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06 June 2011

When people feel depressed or anxious, they are much more likely to see their glass as half empty rather than half full. Evidence of this same...

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OneKind interviews Jonathan Balcombe on The Exultant Ark

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03 June 2011

Jonathan Balcombe is an academic and also a successful author of a number of popular books about animals emotions: specifically animals' pleasure. To...

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Fish ‘count’ in similar way to humans

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26 May 2011

According to a new study, fish can differentiate between quantities as large as 100 and 200. Surprisingly, they show similar numerical skills to...

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Seals’ whiskers detect fish size

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25 May 2011

Harbour seals can detect the fattest fish using just their whiskers, according to new research. Hunting in the North Sea, harbour seals, often known...

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Mother and kid goats recognise each other’s calls

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20 May 2011

Mother and kid goats recognise each other's calls soon after the mothers give birth, new research has confirmed.   The study measured the...

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Chimps are self aware, just like us

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17 May 2011

Chimpanzees are self-aware and can anticipate the impact of their actions on the environment around them, an ability once thought by some people to be...

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Whales have accents and regional dialects

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13 May 2011

Biologists interpreting the language of sperm whales have found that these mystical creatures of the sea have both accents and regional...

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Wild chimps use at least 66 gestures to communicate

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09 May 2011

Scientists have discovered that wild chimpanzees use at least 66 different gestures to communicate with each other. The researchers from St Andrews...

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