Researchers to observe how total solar eclipse affects animal behavior

Photo caption: A child puts special sun filter glasses on a dog during the Annular Solar Eclipse at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City, Mexico, Oct. 14, 2023 . Photo credit: Carlos Tischler / Eyepix Group / Future Publishing via Getty Images. Article by Christina Larson, AP. PBS News Hour – March 20, 2024.

WASHINGTON (AP) — When a total solar eclipse transforms day into night, will tortoises start acting romantic? Will giraffes gallop? Will apes sing odd notes? Researchers will be standing by to observe how animals’ routines at the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas […]

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