Janaki Lenin

She is the author of My Husband and Other Animals. She lives in a forest with snake-man Rom Whitaker and tweets at @janakilenin.

An echidna. Credit: Christine Cooper

How do Echidnas Survive Wildfires?

Janaki Lenin 25/04/2016

They survived the cataclysmic event that killed the dinosaurs....

A sperm whale. Credit: lakpura/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Do Sperm Whales Use Their Heads as Battering Rams?

Janaki Lenin 12/04/2016

Could a 56-ton Moby Dick ram and sink Ahab's...

A flycatcher spotted in Lawrence, Kansas. Credit: davedehetere/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Perching Birds See Twice as Fast as We Do

Janaki Lenin 28/03/2016

Scientists found that blue tits, collared flycatchers and pied...

T. gondii tissue cyst in a mouse brain; individual bradyzoites can be seen within. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

A Parasite That Allegedly Causes Chimpanzees to Become Sexually Attracted to Leopards

Janaki Lenin 24/02/2016

If the behaviour of our closest relatives can change...

Researchers at the University of Vienna tested the ability of crows to empathise with others. Credit: Jana Müller, Universität Wien

Can Ravens Think Abstract Thoughts?

Janaki Lenin 15/02/2016

Until researchers come up with an experiment that rules...

Among prairie voles, both parents take equal responsibility in rearing offspring Credit: Todd Ahern

Even Some Rodents Display Empathy

Janaki Lenin 10/02/2016

For a long time, scientists thought consolation was a...

You ain't got a day on me. Credit: photochem_PA/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Old Age Doesn’t Affect Ants

Janaki Lenin 01/02/2016

Ants may not have dodged death, but remaining spry...