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 ...

The Mohawk Hudson Humane Society recently received a major investment to help some of its hardest to place animals. State leaders announced $1.2 million for a proposed Behavioral Rehabilitation and ...

Dogs are humans' best friends in many places across the globe. But does a dog in New York City respond in the same way as a ...

How do animal behavior researchers feel about the feelings of animals? A new survey helps to answer that question. The journal Royal Society Open Science published a survey of 100 researchers of ...

Mentors and awards can really make a difference. That’s one lesson from a new paper by Dr. Danielle N. Lee (Southern Illinois University) that looks at the history of diversity within the Animal ...

A new study using Mongolian gerbils as an animal model demonstrated for the first time that trans-tympanic infrared laser ...

When it comes to protecting livestock from devastating diseases, simply telling people what to do may not be enough. A new ...

When biologist Adam Hartstone-Rose watched zoo animals during a solar eclipse, he expected them to shrug it off like a passing storm. What he observed instead raised an uncomfortable question about ...

University of California, Santa Cruz, faculty members Rita Mehta and Colleen Reichmuth have been named California Academy of Sciences Fellows, joining a governing group of more than 500 distinguished ...

Being conscious basically means being awake, aware, and able to perceive one's thoughts, feelings, and surroundings. It represents what is called a "first-person" subjective experience. Behavioral ...

Humans aren’t the only animals with hot tempers. In 2016, ecologist Kristen Cecala and a colleague watched black-bellied salamanders (Desmognathus amphileucus) from Appalachian streams lunge at one ...

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