Zoologic

Zoologic was my blog on the Wired Science Blogs network (2013-2015), about animal cognition and behavior. It was an exploration of the minds of animals and a celebration of animal intelligence in the many forms it takes.

Thank You From Zoologic (March 2015)

The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About the American Alligator (March 2015)

Can You Hypnotize a Shark? (March 2015)

The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About the Solenodon (March 2015)

The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About the Coelacanth (March 2015)

If You're Happy and You Know It - So Does Your Dog (February 2015)

Love Matches: Monogamy in the Animal Kingdom (February 2015)

Monkey Faces Give Clues to Species and Individual Identity (February 2015)

The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About Hellbenders (February 2015)

In Lizard Visual Displays, Order Matters (January 2015)

Animal Cannibalism: Who Does It and Why (January 2015)

Do Dolphins Grieve? (January 2015)

Can Spiders Count? (January 2015)

The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About the Fossa (January 2015)

Quiz: Extinct or Endangered? (December 2014 )

Japanese Giant Salamanders Are Devoted Dads (December 2014)

The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About Wombats (December 2014)

Faced With Invasive Snail, A Bird Learns to Use Tools (November 2014)

Monkeys Know What They're Doing (November 2014)

The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About Hagfish (November 2014)

Sneaky Jays Look and Listen to Steal From Others (October 2014)

The Red Effect, in People and Monkeys (October 2014)

The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About the Armoured Bush Cricket (October 2014)

Sensitive Sea Lion Whiskers Get the Job Done (October 2014)

Chimpanzees Raised By Humans Have Social Difficulties with Other Chimps (September 2014)

Lustful Leafhoppers Locate Each Other Through Good Vibrations (September 2014)

Underwater Victory Squeals Signal a Job Well Done (September 2014)

Hyraxes Sing Better For Attentive Audiences (September 2014)

The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About the Thorny Devil (September 2014)

Secrets of the Flamboyant Cuttlefish's Display (August 2014)

Q&A with Jennifer Verdolin, Author of Wild Connection (August 2014)

The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About the Pallas' Cat (August 2014)

Bats Use Polarized Light to Set Their Internal Compasses (July 2014)

How Do Barnacles Mate? (7/17/2014)

Monkeys, Like People, Believe in the Hot-Hand Phenomenon (July 2014)

The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About the Echidna (July 2014)

The Emotional Lives of Dairy Cows (June 2014)

Diverse Faces Keep Guenon Monkeys From Interbreeding (June 2014)

Squirrel Alarm Calls Are Surprisingly Complex (June 2014)

The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About Sea Pigs (June 2014)

To Beat a Parasite, Birds Teach Their Young a Secret Password (June 2014)

Rats Regret Making the Wrong Decision (June 2014)

Do Rats Know When They Don't Know? (June 2014)

The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About the Babirusa (May 2014)

A Marmoset Never Forgets (April 2014)

Sexual Healing: How Bonobos Use Sex to De-Stress (April 2014)

How Do Chameleons Change Colors? (April 2014)

The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About Velvet Worms (March 2014)

How Play Helps Primates Grow Up (March 2014)

Who's Your Daddy? Owl Monkeys Know For Sure (March 2014)

Why Do Birds Sing in the Morning? (March 2014)

Baboon Personality Predicts Social Learning (March 2014)

The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About the Kakapo (March 2014)

Different Yawns Send Different Messages for Gelada Baboons (February 2014)

A Reassuring Trunk: Evidence of Consolation in Elephants (February 2014)

Peace-Making Wallabies Choose When to Reconcile After a Fight (February 2014)

Salmon Inherit a Magnetic Map (February 2014)

The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About the Greenland Shark (February 2014)

Frogs and Bats Use Water Ripples to Eavesdrop on Frog Calls (January 2014)

Warmer, Warmer, Hot! Chimpanzees Can Use Gestures to Communicate Location of Hidden Food (January 2014)

Innovative Birds Are Also Less Flexible Learners (January 2014)

Lizards Need Social Lives, Too (January 2014)

A Playful, Curious Spirit Drives Avian Exploration (January 2014)

The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About the Rock Hyrax (or, Are You Ready to Rock Hyrax?) (January 2014)

How Locusts Learn to Be Part of a Swarm (December 2013)

Monkey Tool Time (December 2013)

Wolves, Like Dogs, Can Learn From Humans (December 2013)

The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About the Tuatara (or, Just the Tuatara of Us) (December 2013)

Lemurs Take Advantage of What Other See, But Not Hear (November 2013)

Spit Decision: How Archerfish Decide (November 2013)

Bumblebees Multitask - When the Stakes Are High (November 2013)

Cow Compass Points the Way North (November 2013)

The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About Caecilians (or, The Amphibian is One in a Caecilian) (November 2013)

Duetting Wrens Make Beautiful Music Together (October 2013)

Head-Banging Demon Mole Rats Just Want to be Left Alone (October 2013)

Problem-Solving Parrots Understand Cause and Effect (October 2013)

The Hills are Alive With the Sound of Bat Song (October 2013)

Elephants Get The Point (October 2013)

The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About the Binturong (or, How Can It Binturong When It Feels So Right?) (October 2013)

Dolphin Hear, Dolphin Do: Imitation by Echolocation (12013)

Cuckoo Finches Use Multiple Tricks to 'Pass the Beak' on Parenting (September 2013)

The Sneaky Queen Gets the Colony (September 2013)

Even Motionless Prey Isn't Safe From This Bat's Unique Echolocation Ability (September 2013)

How and Why Do Guppies Jump? (September 2013)

Tickling Rats for Science (September 2013)

Welcome to Zoologic! (September 2013)