Ď㽶ĘÓƵ News - Animal behaviour /channels/news_feeds/all/term/Animal%20behaviour/rss en Fear, fearlessness and animal extinction /channels/channels/news/fear-fearlessness-and-animal-extinction-269034 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Too much fear can be dangerous for species’ survival. In fact, fear alone, even in the absence of a live predator, can lead to species’ extinction if the population size is small enough suggests a recent study from McGill and Guelph universities. To read: <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/article/how-fear-alone-can-cause-animal-extinction">“How fear alone can cause animal extinction”</a></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/thinkstockphotos-487842770.jpg?itok=jPc_5rCZ" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">24 </span><span class="month">July </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:53:16 +0000 webfull 129350 at /channels Pesticides: more toxic than previously thought? /channels/news/pesticides-more-toxic-previously-thought-254401 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Insecticides that are sprayed in orchards and fields across North America may be more toxic to spiders than scientists previously believed. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/jumping_spider_female_-_tgiq_flickr.jpg?itok=8PN5oNpD" width="160" height="112" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">6 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:35:06 +0000 webfull 111563 at /channels The personalities of spiders /channels/news/personalities-spiders-254382 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Even jumping spiders have personalities scientists have discovered. A "shy" individual will not make the same choices as a "bold" individual. This means that some individuals, because of their personality type, will capture more prey than others, and will therefore have a larger effect on local ecosystems.</p> <p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/spider-mirror.png?itok=Vr5gbrv0" width="160" height="106" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">6 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:35:01 +0000 webfull 111562 at /channels