By Shreya Dasgupta Every year, researchers and people out in nature capture some aspect of animal behavior that’s unusual or ...

Credit: Sarah Jelbert/PLOS One/CC BY 4.0 Did that crow just figure out how to get food out of that tube? Yeah, it did. What do you notice about what it did before getting the food? Why did it select ...

The study of animal behavior is a cornerstone of psychology for several reasons. Ethology, or the study of animals in their natural habitats, sheds light on how animals interact with each other and ...

Can animals be gay? It’s a common question. Some people want animal sexual behavior to help them decide what’s “natural” when it comes to sex and attraction. Others argue that we can’t apply human ...

I've been studying animal behavior for many decades and I've long been interested in possible sources of bias in my field and others. I've been concerned for a number of reasons, including: our ...

Todd M. Freeberg does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Surgical castration of piglets is generally recognized as a painful procedure, but there is currently no gold standard for the assessment of pain behavior in piglets. However, pain assessment is ...

Miami University's Center for Animal Behavior (CAB) provides opportunities to study animal behavior at many levels. Whether you investigate individuals within a population or study behavior at the ...