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The new study offers a different explanation, combining expertise from immunology, physics, and animal behavior.
From Science Daily ● May 31, 2026
Last week, we reported on how China is using insights about animal behavior to train AI-controlled drones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
I did not go into conservation or animal behavior, despite putting Jane Goodall toward the top of my most-admired list.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2025
In 1979, an important study by Frans de Waal demonstrated how using science to test for a human hunch could help further our understanding of animal behavior.
From Salon ● May 12, 2025
When I grew up I became an ethologist—a long word that simply means a scientist who studies animal behavior.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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