All articles tagged with #interspecies interactions
A study compiling 427 documented cases of primates interacting with 127 other species across 88 primate species (spanning 1970s–2025) finds that play, grooming, and even adoption occur across species, revealing broad social flexibility with implications for conservation, animal welfare, and public health as human–wildlife contact rises.
Japanese scientists have discovered that nematodes (C. elegans) use electric fields to leap from the bottom of Petri dishes to the lid and even onto bumblebees. The worms rely on a type of phoresy to achieve range and use a behavior known as "nictation" to attach to passing larger animals. Unlike snails and bugs, flying insects like bumblebees naturally accumulate charge during flight, producing an electric field. The researchers found that the worms only lept to the other electrode when the charge was applied and moved at an average speed of 0.86 meters per second.