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Tiny backyard bird exposed operating a food-storage system humans could not manage with a spreadsheet. Researchers discover the chickadee not only remembers the locations, but has specialized brain machinery for keeping track.
Mystery kitten exposed as previously unknown wild cat! A year of mistaken identity ends badly for human confidence. Domestic cats deny association.
Cats demonstrate alarmingly flexible standards for acceptable housing. Actual walls, tape outlines, and optical illusions all considered acceptable.
A rogue feline correspondent investigates unauthorized furniture relocation and the science of environmental choice. The science suggests familiar resource placement, predictability, and choice can all matter to feline welfare.
Vinnie orders crackdown after suppliers discover there are apparently two ways to ruin a perfectly good recipe. Backyard quality-control scandal reveals that hummingbird nectar can be tampered with in either direction.
Turns out “pit” refers to the face, not an unfortunate snake-storage arrangement. Raiders of the Lost Ark has declined to comment. Yes, I have a PhD. No, that did not help.
Vinnie Sugarbeak contributed nothing toward the feeder, sugar, water, or maintenance, yet he insists the entire operation belongs to him. The science of hummingbird territorialism explains why valuable nectar supplies inspire such tiny, furious landlords.