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Topic: Animal Behavior

Common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) (Getty Images/Anup Shah)

Like us, these five animals have culture

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Monk Parakeet (Getty Images/iculizard)

Parrots have "voiceprints" like humans

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Baby Orca whale with its pod. (Getty Images/thecrystalfocus)

Why are killer whales attacking boats?

Luke Rendell - The Conversation
Raccoon (Getty Images / Mykel Leddel / EyeEm)

Experts: Beware the shy raccoons

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Woman Kayaking with her Dog (Getty Images/Bread and Butter Productions)

Dog, cat owners are just like their pets

Lei Jia - The Conversation
Young man playing with black greyhound on sofa. (Getty Images/lucia meler)

TikTok's worrisome dog-barking trend

Nicole Karlis
A bumblebee, chimpanzee and humpback whale (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Do animals have social lives?

Matthew Rozsa
Barking Yorkshire Terrier (Getty Images/F.J. Jimenez)

Why are little dogs so annoying?

Matthew Rozsa
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Gossiping Malamutes (Getty Images)

Your dog has a secret life

Matthew Rozsa
Mallard Ducks Swimming In Lake (Getty Images/Colin Drewery)

How did duck sex get so weird?

Jess Thomson
(Getty/Nils Jacobi)

Why do cats knead with their paws?

Julia Albright - The Conversation
An adult female western red colobus monkey grooming an adult male. (Dawn Starin)

What monkeys taught me about politics

Dawn Starin
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Concerned dog looking at a Richter Scale (Getty Images/Salon)

Can dogs predict earthquakes?

Nicole Karlis

Tracking animal behavior

Rachel Leah
In this undated photo provided by the American Kennel Club, a pumi is shown. The high-energy Hungarian herding dog is the latest new breed headed to the Westminster Kennel Club and many other U.S. dog shows. (Thomas Pitera/The American Kennel Club via AP)

Dogs can have trauma, too

Nicholas Dodman - The Conversation
(Getty/KyleNelson)

Ants' collective intelligence

Craig Tovey - The Conversation
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Are dolphins really smart?

Lindsay Abrams

Malcolm Harris
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