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 ...

Homosexual behavior is much more common across the animal kingdom than we first thought, new research has found. Scientists found that 78 percent of animal behavior experts had seen some degree of ...

Our environment is changing rapidly, largely as a result of human activities, leading to a significant decline in biodiversity. According to researchers from the University of Victoria and the Max ...

In a breakthrough study, scientists have transferred a courtship behavior from one species to another, triggering the recipient to perform this completely foreign act as if it was its own. While genes ...

Scientists have developed a new method to simulate the complex movements of animals with exceptional accuracy. The research team set out to solve a long-standing challenge in biology -- how to ...

A tiger walks the same worn groove along the edge of its exhibit like a broken record. A parrot methodically plucks out its own feathers until bare skin shows through. To a casual visitor, these can ...

Researchers studied more than 400 cat owners and their pets' behavior after another animal died in the same household Nicholas Rice is a Senior News Editor, Weekends for PEOPLE Magazine. He began ...

Pets were once dismissed as trivial scientific subjects. Today, companion animal science is hot. Max, a 2-year-old German shepherd, Belgian Malinois and husky mix, was rescued in an emaciated ...

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 ...

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 ...

Total solar eclipses only happen in the same spot once every 300 or 400 years, so it's no surprise that a team of researchers at Indiana University recently jumped on the opportunity to use this ...

Much like his ninja namesake, Naruto the white-lipped peccary was a bit of a loner. Named after the titular character from a popular manga and anime, Naruto was the youngest male and one of the least ...