Study reveals fox squirrels' tell-tail signs of frustration
Fox squirrels flick their tails when they can't get a cherished nut in much the same way that humans kick a vending machine that fails to deliver the anticipated soda or candy bar, according to new...
View ArticleHow to live alongside flying foxes in urban Australia
The conflict between urbanites and wildlife recently developed a new battleground: the small coastal New South Wales town of Batemans Bay, where the exceptional flowering of spotted gums has attracted...
View ArticleThe post-Ailes Fox News may have bigger problems
Roger Ailes built the Fox News Channel into a ratings juggernaut, one that successfully presented a conservative alternative to mainstream news and garnered a large new audience in the Age of Trump.
View ArticleCalifornia island foxes removed from endangered species list
Not long ago, foxes native to the Channel Islands off the California coast teetered on the edge of extinction.
View ArticleVideo: First 'cognitive movie trailer' developed by IBM Watson
How do you create a movie trailer about an artificially enhanced human?
View ArticleRussian geneticist repeats dog domestication with foxes in just fifty years
(Phys.org)—A Russian geneticist, the BBC is reporting, replicated the process that led to the domestication of the dog, with foxes, over the course of just fifty years. Curious about the means by which...
View ArticleCaspian terns discovered nesting 1,000 miles farther to the north than ever...
WCS reported today that in the late summer of 2016, a WCS field team led by Dr. Trevor Haynes monitored Caspian tern chicks through to fledging in Cape Krusenstern National Monument in Alaska. This...
View ArticleHow to stream the high-stakes presidential debates
Television viewership for Monday's presidential debate is expected to be high, but you don't need a television to watch.
View ArticleA supercomputer just made the world's first AI-created film trailer – here's...
More people have been talking about the trailer for the sci-fi/horror film Morgan than the movie itself. It's partly because the commercial and critical response to the film has been less than...
View ArticleTrump v. Clinton: How to stream the last presidential debate
You can still watch the final televised presidential debate Wednesday even if you don't have a TV.
View ArticleAdvertising is driving social media-fuelled fake news and it is here to stay
The rise of fake news, once only the preserve of certain types of tabloids has now become a dominant feature of social media and a subject of major concern for mainstream media.
View ArticleSoccer site FuboTV muscling into mainstream internet TV
The online-cable market is getting a little more crowded.
View ArticleHow to watch inauguration events, with or without TV
The lack of a TV set shouldn't prevent you from following Friday's presidential inauguration ceremony, the pomp and circumstance surrounding it, and the many protests and marches planned around the...
View ArticleNot just funny: Satirical news has serious political effects
Satirical news programs, often dismissed as mere entertainment, have real political effects on the people who watch them, new research suggests.
View ArticleIntentionally or not, big brands help fund fake news
Wittingly or not, major global corporations are helping fund sites that traffic in fake news by advertising on them.
View ArticleFlying foxes have been on the decline for decades, and there's no hope in sight
Three decades after being recognized as a group in need of conservation efforts, large fruit-eating bats still face an increasingly uncertain future on tropical islands as populations dwindle and...
View ArticleFox harassment claims create clouds around Sky takeover bid
A U.K. scandal torpedoed Rupert Murdoch's first attempt to take control of British-based broadcaster Sky. Now claims of sexual harassment at his U.S.-based Fox News are creating storm clouds around a...
View ArticleUS official mulling greatly expanded airplane laptop ban (Update)
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said Sunday he's considering banning laptops from the passenger cabins of all international flights to and from the United States.
View ArticleAn inconvenient truth about 'An Inconvenient Truth'
Al Gore has a follow-up to his blockbuster documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth. However, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power was greeted with far less fanfare than the original.
View ArticleHigh-def TVs rule the roost at Berlin's IFA
No-one wants to watch Game of Thrones' bloody fantasy battles on a tiny tablet screen, which is just one reason why cheaper, bigger, higher-definition televisions are the stars of this year's IFA...
View ArticleUnplanned Fox News viewing influences likelihood of voting for Republican...
Channel surfing voters who stumble across Fox News first in their cable news channel lineup are more likely to vote for a Republican presidential candidate, according to a new study in the American...
View ArticleFox squirrels use 'chunking' to organize their favorite nuts
Like trick-or-treaters sorting their Halloween candy haul, fox squirrels apparently organize their stashes of nuts by variety, quality and possibly even preference, according to new UC Berkeley research.
View ArticleResearch finds a dramatic increase in feral predators as fires make some...
Warily, the fox creeps up to sniff at a cluster of three metal tea strainers suspended from a pole in her territory. They smell of nuts, golden syrup and rolled oats. They are also at exactly the right...
View ArticleComcast, Verizon and maybe Amazon want look at 21st Century Fox assets
First it was Disney and then along came Comcast, but now other industry heavyweights, Verizon and possibly Amazon, are eyeing some of 21st Century Fox's rich media empire.
View ArticleDisney buying large part of 21st Century Fox in $52.4B deal
Disney is buying the Murdoch family's Fox movie and television studios and some cable and international TV businesses for about $52.4 billion, as the home of Mickey Mouse tries to meet competition from...
View ArticleDisney-Fox deal may create a new nerdy nirvana
The coming union of the Disney and Fox media empires is set to create a new nirvana for fanboys and -girls, one that reunites superheroes and sci-fi characters long separated by an energy barrier of...
View ArticleMother-child left-side face-to-face preference found to extend to walruses...
A team of researchers with Saint Petersburg State University and the Institute of Experimental Medicine, both in Russia, has found that a left-side face-to-face preference seen in primates also extends...
View ArticleCoyotes and red foxes may coexist within urban landscapes
Coyotes and red foxes may select different types of habitats for their home ranges, helping them to coexist in urban environments, according to a study published January 24, 2018 in the open-access...
View ArticleUrban foxes and coyotes learn to set aside their differences and coexist
Diverging from centuries of established behavioral norms, red fox and coyote have gone against their wild instincts and learned to coexist in the urban environment of Madison and the University of...
View ArticleComcast ponders new bid for 21st Century Fox: US media
US cable company Comcast, which in December dropped an attempt to acquire 21st Century Fox, is considering relaunching that bid even though Walt Disney Co. has reached a deal, the Wall Street Journal...
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