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Cave bears may have been adapting to survive the ice age
Recent research published in Quaternary Science Reviews on the long extinct cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) has found their attempt to adapt to the growing harshness of the last ice age before their extinction.
22/05/19 -
Astro-ecology: Counting orangutans using star-spotting technology
LJMU, WWF and HUTAN came together to examine better ways of detecting the great apes in the Bornean forest canopy, by using drones fitted with thermal-imaging cameras.
10/04/19 -
Gouldian finches black-headed females taking the lead when faced with possible danger
Endangered species like the Gouldian finch struggle in adapting to ever increasing habitat change, but black-headed females are leading the way in their survival.
04/04/19 -
A study of the chimpanzee precursor of HIV-1 could lead to a better AIDS vaccine
Liverpool John Moores University has been part of an international research team, led by Professor Beatrice Hahn and colleagues at the Perelman School of Medicine, who have been studying the origin of HIV-1 in non-human primates for decades.
05/02/19 -
Bonobos share and share alike
Bonobos are willing to share meat with animals outside their own family groups. This behaviour was observed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is documented in a new study in Springer’s journal Human Nature
09/04/18 -
Chimpanzees copy gestures to get by in a complex social world
Researchers have found that wild chimpanzees may copy each other’s gestures to maintain their complex social relationships.
30/11/17 -
Discovery of a new great ape: The Tapanuli orangutan
An international team of researchers have just described a new ape species, the Tapanuli orangutan, find out more about this exciting discovery here.
02/11/17 -
Personality is consistent according to cockroaches
A team of scientists from Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Manchester have released the findings of a personality study.
11/05/17 -
Banded mongooses target family members for eviction
Read more about how banded mongooses target close female relatives according to new findings.
25/04/17 -
A city of sporting excellence
Randox and LJMU launch public Health Week ahead of the Grand National.
29/03/17