Why we shouldn't attribute human motivations to animals like bees

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Anthropomorphising animals such as chimps, dolphins and bees will stifle scientific enquiry instead of encouraging it, says evolutionary biologist Marlene Zuk

Western fence lizards that experience wildfire learn that fire is a major threat, becoming more alert to the sounds of a blaze than to those of avian predatorsBiologists who track animals often find there is one individual that sits around doing nothing for days at a time.

How do these slackers survive?Ghislain Bardout studies marine animal forests and the threats they face. New Scientist caught up with him at the start of his fourth mission to study these regionsBuff-tailed bumblebees seem to prefer to play with wooden balls rather than simply bypass them en route to a snack

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