Do you ever think your sibling comes from a different species entirely? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Children usually look like their parents! But… what about ants? Yannick Juvé and team from the University of Montpellier played Maurie Povich for harvester ants. Ant males
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Scared of Big Brother? You should be! This is Sandra Tsing Loh, with the Loh Down on Science. Meet Ian Richard, from the University of Sheffield, UK. Richard reviewed church records from Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-century Finland. He found that children born after a brother were almost always smaller than their
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Even a TREE knows its family tree! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Sibling plants are cuttings from the same “mother” plant. But does mama plant recognize her kin? And do plants have “sibling rivalry” – like we humans? Susan Dudley and Amanda File
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You scratch my back, I’ll…give you a MOUSE!? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We pay a hairdresser to cut our hair, and we aren’t alone! LOTS of animals trade valuables for grooming. What about owls? Younger owls will clean their older siblings’ hard to
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