Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In late October 2023, a young sea otter pup was found in the remote coastal town of Seldovia, Alaska, stranded and calling out in distress with no mother in sight. After being rehabilitated, fed and healed, the tiny otter—barely over a month old—began a cross-country trip to his new home in
Lateral expansion study sites: Syysjärvi, Kaamanen, Salamajärvi, Patvinsuo and Siikaneva. The map also shows location of the main mire complex types in Finland: raised mires in the south and aapa mires further in the north. Map lines delineate study areas and do not necessarily depict accepted national boundaries. Credit: Global Change Biology (2023). DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16988
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of biologists affiliated with several institutions in Britain and Ireland, has found that northern gannets exhibit a type of behavioral lateralization when plunge diving. In their study, reported in the journal Biology Letters, the group caught and tagged several specimens with accelerometers to learn more about their diving habits.