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 ...

Animals able to change behaviors but slow to evolve might fare better than previously thought amid climate change. In response to a warmer climate, ground squirrels and marmots in California are ...

Evolutionary approach to animal behavior -- Diversity of behavior -- Genetics of behavior -- Development of behavior -- Nerve cells and behavior -- Organization of behavior -- Evolution of behavior: ...

This exhibition inside a China museum presents a fascinating collection of animal skulls, anatomical displays, and ...

A new analysis of GPS tracking data from 37 animal species, paired with cellphone location data from across the United States ...

Animal behavior research relies on careful observation of animals. Researchers might spend months in a jungle habitat watching tropical birds mate and raise their young. They might track the rates of ...

Human-driven climate change is increasingly shaping the Earth’s living environments. Rising temperatures, rapid shifts in rainfall and seasonality, and ocean acidification are presenting altered ...

Social defeat stress is a widely used paradigm in rodents in which an experimental animal is repeatedly exposed to an aggressive conspecific, resulting in pronounced alterations in social interaction, ...

Wildlife conservation is shifting focus. Experts now emphasize preserving animal traditions, behavior, and social skills.

I've been studying various aspects of animal behavior, especially in mammals, for many decades and have always felt uneasy about how cultural values have limited our true understanding of the dynamics ...