LSM1303 Animal Behaviour Student Blog

Many major cultures around the globe have developed some form of medical science. The Indians have Ayurveda, the Chinese have TCM and of course there is Western medicine. What these fields have in common is that they are derived from the process of observing Read More...

Sea Otters ( Enhydra lutris kenyoni ) belong to the weasel family and are one of the smallest marine mammals in the animal kingdom. They spend their mornings foraging and feeding on shellfish and afternoons resting by floating on their backs. Sea otters Read More...

We always think of frogs as being amphibians whose existence is restricted only to land and water. This is largely true, given the fact that frogs have evolved over time to develop specific physical characteristics – lungs for breathing on land, webbed Read More...

'Airborne' geckos! Now that must be a real good sight. Imagine, a gecko trying to keep itself up on a slippery, vertical surface when suddenly, *Slip*, and it falls off! (Credit: Robert Full/UC Berkeley, copyright PNAS/NAS 2008) Watch It Now isn't that Read More...