All animals seem to find ways to play
https://www.thenews-messenger.com/story/opinion/columnists/2024/01/10/baker-some-scientists-do-not-believe-insects-other-creatures-can-play/72148801007/
Cows Play and Have Best Friends — But Are Rarely Given the Chance
https://sentientmedia.org/do-cows-play/
What if cows could talk?
https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/01/cals-cow-vocalizations-study.html
The chicken whisperers? Humans can surprisingly decipher chicken emotions from their clucks
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/the-chicken-whisperers-humans-can-surprisingly-decipher-chicken-emotions-from-their-clucks/
Sperm whales, humans more alike than you might think: Dalhousie researcher
https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/50315439/sperm-whales-humans-more-alike-than-you-might-think-dalhousie-researcher
Sperm whales can take over an hour to decide on whether to turn right
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/sperm-whales-research-clan-turn-right-b2476269.html
Sperm whales found to live in large, matrilineally based clans
https://phys.org/news/2024-01-sperm-whales-large-matrilineally-based.html
Astonishing Video Gives Rare Glimpse of a Mother Squid's Ultimate Sacrifice
https://www.sciencealert.com/astonishing-video-gives-rare-glimpse-of-a-mother-squids-ultimate-sacrifice
Drone Footage Captures Beautiful Moment Mother Elephant Is Reunited with Her Calf
https://paradepets.com/pet-news/mother-elephant-reunited-calf
'Mother and baby' pangolin pair spotted crossing the road in Singapore; smaller pangolin clinging on to adult's tail captures netizens' hearts
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/mother-baby-pangolin-pair-spotted-crossing-the-road-singapore-smaller-pangolin-clinging-on-to-adults-tail-captures-netizens-hearts-054217417.html
This Clip Of Orangutan Babysitting Tiger Cubs Is The Most Beautiful Thing You Will Watch Today
https://www.news18.com/viral/this-clip-of-orangutan-babysitting-tiger-cubs-is-the-most-beautiful-thing-you-will-watch-today-8735863.html
Rescue kitten purrs as orphaned baby monkey snuggles up with her at animal sanctuary
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/animalkind/2024/01/11/watch-an-unlikely-friendship-form-between-a-baby-monkey-and-kitten/72191609007/
Golden Retriever Raised by Cat Shows Off Odd Behaviors in Funny Video
https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animals/golden-retriever-raised-by-cat-shows-off-odd-behaviors-in-funny-video/
Vets Share Hilarious Test to See if Pug Puppies Are 'Smart Enough'
https://www.newsweek.com/vets-hilarious-test-pug-puppies-smart-1858770
Neuroscientists find that animals replay incidentally encoded episodic memories
https://news.iu.edu/live/news/33814-neuroscientists-find-that-animals-replay
The science behind talking parrots – and ‘texting’ wolves
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/why-animals-talk-arik-kershenbaum-review/
Will AI help us talk to animals?
https://www.dw.com/en/will-ai-help-us-talk-to-animals/a-67900188
'Talking to animals as people fantasize - it won't happen'
https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/ryifjwtgp
Talking to Plants Changed My Life
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/talking-plants-changed-my-life
‘The Trees Saved Me’
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/09/science/conservation-romania-beech-trees.html
A tree and a fungus walk into a bar
https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2024/01/12/a-tree-and-a-fungus-walk-into-a-bar/
Yeast, the fungus that kneads human beings
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-01-07/yeast-the-fungus-that-kneads-human-beings.html
Top ten plant and fungal species named new to science in 2023
https://phys.org/news/2024-01-ten-fungal-species-science.html