Tag: ethology

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 2, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, animal behavior, animal communication, animal languages, artificial inteligence, attention, body language, cats, communication, CyberNews, ethology, Hartz, humans, kittens, meowing, National Geographic, pet supplies}

The Tao of Meow: Cats Mew Mostly for Humans

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 2, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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It might be smart to ask people who work with animals to interpret some of this first. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 18, 2024

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, animals, brain, Charlotte Martial, Current Biology, Darwinian evolution, ethology, Grossman School of Medicine, humans, near-death experiences, neuroscience, opossum, Rachel Nuwer, Sam Parnia, Scientific American}

Near-Death Experiences as Possum Tales

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 18, 2024

Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

5}

The authors provide a number of accounts from people who experienced altered consciousness when under attack by large animals. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 3, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Medicine
Zoology
Tagged
, Aristotle, cats, Cicero, digestion, Dogs, ethology, Galen, grass, indigenous peoples, intelligence, medicinal plants, orangutan, Plutarch, self-medication, Stanford University}

Animals Using Healing Plants? That’s Old News

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 3, 2024

Life Sciences, Medicine, Zoology

4}

Recently, an orangutan who successfully treated a wound by applying chewed leaves to it touched off a worldwide media event. Read More ›

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post

Date
January 26, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, ants, Canada, Eric Cassell, ethology, evolution, flies, Flight: The Genius of Birds, gnats, instinct, intelligent design, magnetic field, map sense, Mexico, Monarch butterflies, mosquitos, National Zoo, Nature (journal), navigation, olfaction, rats, Rockefeller University, sea turtles, Stephen Talbott}

Uncannily Organic: Navigation Is More than Genes

_{Science and Culture
January 26, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

The capabilities of animals to know their positions and make corrections seem beyond the abilities of coded instructions or brain size. Read More ›

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post

Author
Günter Bechly

Date
October 24, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Ann Gauger, Austria, Brian Miller, Cambrian Explosion, causal circularity, Douglas Axe, ethology, fossil record, German, Günter Bechly, Homo (genus), Homo floresiensis, Homo luzonensis, intelligent design, Martin Nowak, Michael Chaberek, Michael Denton, neo-Darwinian model, Ola Hössjer, proteins, Siegfried Scherer, Sigrid Hartwig-Scherer, Stephen Meyer, teleology, Thomas Aquinas, waiting-time problem, Zentrum für BioKomplexität & NaturTeleologie}

Watch: Videos Now Available from the Recent ID Conference In Austria

_{Günter Bechly
October 24, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design

14}

Several prominent members of the ID movement presented talks at the conference, including Stephen Meyer, Ann Gauger, Michael Denton, and Brian Miller. Read More ›

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post

Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 12, 2016

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __tedited, abstract concepts, abstract thought, animal languages, designators, ethology, human language, language, mimicry, semantic information, signal}

Do Animals Have Language?

_{Michael Egnor
July 12, 2016

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

7}

Some animals, after sufficient training by human researchers, use signals that mimic language. But mimicry is not language itself. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 22, 2015

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, __nedited, animal behavior, animal intelligence, bird vocalizations, birds, cave art, Continuing Series, crows, death, ethology, filial imprinting, horses, instinct, intelligence, magnetite, mammals, migration, mourning, nature, nest-building, ornithology, parrots, pets, pigs, presuppositions, ravens, science, social learning}

Furry, Feathery, and Finny Animals Speak Their Minds

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 22, 2015

Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

11}

Recent findings suggest that crows fear death -- many purposefully avoid places where other crows have died. Read More ›

The very smart dog studying old books in library

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post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 4, 2015

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __nedited, agency, alphabet, altruism, animal behavior, animal intelligence, Animal Minds (series), automaton, bees, communication, ethology, evolutionary ethics, free will, grammar, group selection, jellyfish, reasoning, selfish genes, selfishness, symbolic thinking}

What Can We Hope to Learn About Animal Minds?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 4, 2015

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

11}

If we can't even define our own consciousness, can we say whether a different type of life form has consciousness or a mind? Read More ›

Green sea turtle swimming among colorful coral reef in beautiful clear water

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post

Date
November 20, 2015

Categories
Biochemistry
Zoology
Tagged
, __nedited, Biomimetics, butterflies, compass, convergent evolution, ethology, herpetology, Living Waters, magnetic field, magnetoreception, natural intelligence, navigation, pigeons, Research, salmon, sea turtles, whales}

Animal Magnetism Comes to Light

_{Science and Culture
November 20, 2015

Biochemistry, Zoology

5}

What does it take to sense a physical force and use it to navigate thousands of miles? Answer: informational systems. Read More ›

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post

Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 8, 2014

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __nedited, animal behavior, animal rights, consciousness, discrimination, ethology, human uniqueness, moral equivalence, The War on Humans}

Animals Equivalent to Humans in NYT — Again

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 8, 2014

Human Exceptionalism

2}

"The term 'animal' is simply an excuse not to look at something." Read More ›