Dr. Daniel Pessoa
Professor of Animal Behavior and Physiology at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil. Interested in Animal Communication and Sensory Ecology.
Opinions are my own.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2516-6766
www.sel.cb.ufrn.br
Sensory Ecology Lab
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Visual cues elicit differential aggression towards female and female mimics in the corkwing wrasse
#Fish #VisualMimicry #AlternativeReproductiveTactics
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
“The fresh fecal smell is a sign of science. The pellets contain fragments of DNA from the squirrels’ diet that paint a picture of the animals’ ecosystems in new detail”
#scicomm
#sensoryecology
#paleoecology
www.sciencenews.org/article/froz...
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Vocal coordination and conflict avoidance shape fission-fusion dynamics in white-nosed coatis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.26.727854v1
“Homing pigeons don’t rely on gut instinct to return to the roost. But a nearby organ — the liver — might point the way. White blood cells in the birds’ livers accumulate iron and act as an internal compass when clouds block the sun...”
#scicomm
www.sciencenews.org/article/pige...
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