List of articles on zoology

Confirmed the ability to imagine the referent from the voice language and words of the great tit Kyoto University

 Toshiki Suzuki, a researcher at the Center for Ecology Research, Kyoto University, is the first in the world to have the ability to imagine the referent from words in animals other than humans […]

Elucidating the position of the scapula of an extinct quadrupedal animal, expecting accurate skeletal restoration Nagoya University

 Assistant Professor Shinichi Fujiwara of the Nagoya University Museum balances the torso of a quadruped animal suspended by muscles extending from the scapula to the ribs […]

Estimating the navigation ability of birds flying over the sea from analysis of route data The University of Tokyo

 In a situation where a crosswind blows, if it is an airplane, use GPS or a compass to grasp the direction of your position and destination, and the direction of the aircraft so that the course does not shift […]

Kyoto University, etc., showing that chimpanzees can also capture the characteristics of the overall "average"

 A joint research group of Professor Masaki Tomonaga of the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University and Associate Professor Tomoko Imura of Niigata University of International and Information Studies is targeting chimpanzees […]

Elucidation of the intestinal environment of old-age cats The University of Tokyo and others

 Associate Professor Kazuhiro Hirayama of the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Professor Tomohiko Fujisawa of Nisshin Pet Food Inc. and Japan Veterinary Life Science University […]

Iwate University Develops New Technology to Prevent Cat Manure Damage

 A research group led by Associate Professor Masao Miyazaki and Professor Tetsuro Yamashita of the Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, is studying the mechanism of cat rope tensioning behavior through odors […]

Only one gene determines the length of the vertebrate torso, Nagoya University et al.

 Lecturer Takayuki Suzuki, Professor Atsushi Kuroiwa and others at the Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University have collaborated with RIKEN and Tohoku University to develop the spine in the process of evolution […]

Kyoto University presents a hypothesis as to why humanity has landed on the ground

Hiroyuki Takemoto, a researcher at the Primate Research Institute at Kyoto University, spends time on the ground with changes in forest temperature and seasonal changes through observations of chimpanzees and bonobos. […]

The same "inverted face effect" as mammals was discovered in Medaka by the University of Tokyo and Okayama University

 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science Research Fellow Wang (currently the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Specially Appointed Researcher) and Okayama University's research group are Medaka […]

Refocusing on Japan's first dinosaur Nipponosaurus, Hokkaido graduate students unravel a new mystery

 The dinosaur "Nipponosaurus", which was first studied by the Japanese, will be in the spotlight again.Science of Hokkaido University Graduate School […]