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As six animal babies approach the end of their first year on Earth, they must take on the most complex challenges of their lives. One of our closest cousins, a mountain gorilla infant, must learn the co-ordination to roam free in a tiny fragment of forest. In Iceland, an Arctic fox cub rejected by his mother must learn where to find food for the first time. And in Kenya, spotted hyena twin sisters must roam a territory they share with the biggest threat to their lives - lions. Whether breaking ties or building bonds all the babies must learn for themselves how to stay healthy and safe.

From around three months old, our animal babies can all get around on their own, but that means the impact of their environment and the struggle to find food really begin to hit home. In California, a three-month-old sea otter pup has to learn what is safe to eat in a world enmeshed with humans. In Sri Lanka, a seven-month-old macaque is forced by his mother to toughen up to stay on top. And in Kenya, a five-month-old elephant has a limited window to meet and bond with new families to survive in an increasingly dangerous world. The animal babies are fast growing into their abilities, but every day brings new challenges to their success.

The first three critical months are when our animal babies have to rapidly get to grips with their new family and the challenges of environment that surrounds them. In Kenya, a new-born elephant calf Safina is learning how to keep up with her fast moving herd. In Sri Lanka, one-week-old Jazir has to quickly learn the ropes of a primate society that is enmeshed with the world of people. At the edge of the Arctic, five-week-old fox cubs must learn to hunt before their siblings beat them to limited food. And in Uganda, an eight-week-old mountain gorilla has to cling on tight to survive the ups and downs of forest life. All six babies must learn the most basic of skills to thrive - and for some animals, to even survive.

Throughout their lives, animals must complete many tasks, from finding food, avoiding predators, and attracting mates to navigating through the environment. To do so, they must gather and use a range of information from the world around them and from other individuals. For this, animals have evolved a staggering diversity of sensory organs that are both fundamental to survival and reproduction and shape much of evolution and behaviour. Sensory ecology deals with how animals acquire, process, and use information in behaviour and many other aspects of their lives, and the importance of this in evolution. This book is an introduction to sensory ecology, covering the various sensory modalities across all taxonomic groups. Rather than treating each sensory modality separately, they are discussed together from a behavioural and evolutionary approach with the aim of illustrating key principles and differences across modalities and taxonomic groups. Not only does sensory ecology deal with how the senses work and their use in behaviour, but recent work has also dealt more with the role of sensory systems in evolutionary change, as well as new developments in molecular biology and phylogenetics. The book begins with an introduction to the concepts of information and behaviour, followed by a discussion of the sensory systems that exist, how they work, and features of nerve cells and circuits. It then discusses key issues in communication, and the role of sensory systems and information in larger scale evolutionary processes, such as coevolution and speciation. Throughout the book, examples are given from various modalities and taxonomic groups, relating to diverse areas ranging from anti-predator strategies, foraging, and mate choice to navigation.

“Nothing at All” is the name of an orphaned puppy living with his two brothers until two children come to adopt them. Unfortunately, Nothing at All gets inadvertently left behind—not out of cruelty, but because he is invisible!

\"Gray wolves were on the U.S. endangered species list. Officials took the animal off the list last year [in 2020]. But some states continued to protect the wolves. Gray wolves were reintroduced in Wyoming and Idaho. Some of those wolves went to Colorado.\" (News-O-Matic) Read about gray wolf pups in Colorado.