The Prey Animal Problem Nobody Warns You About A rabbit's entire nervous system is built for one purpose: surviving predators ...

Every morning, a hummingbird visits the same plant on the same schedule, and researchers now think that routine might be ...

When biologists study cooperation in animals, they usually offer just a single task at a time. But what happens when animals can choose among several opportunities to work together? Biologists at ...

New AI model, BehaVERT, reads mouse behavior like language, revealing patterns that could improve research into human ...

In the natural world -- where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity -- animal behavior is glorious in its variety. Now, new research suggests there may be an ...

Past psychology studies have consistently highlighted the importance of social bonds for survival, showing that enduring ...

Elephants investigate and revisit the remains of their dead for years — a biologist explains the real science behind this ...

When large and warty cane toads were first brought to Australia nearly 100 years ago, they had a simple mission: to gobble up beetles and other pests in the sugarcane fields. Today, though, the toads ...

As a career ethologist, I was thrilled when I learned about Dr. Matthew Calarco's new and highly original book titled The Three Ethologies: A Positive Vision for Rebuilding Human-Animal Relationships.

What role does environmental settings play in behavior? This is what a recent study published in Scientific Reports hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated behaviors ...

For centuries, unusual animal behaviour before earthquakes has been reported worldwide. Livestock becoming restless, wildlife disappearing and snakes emerging from hibernation in the middle of winter.