A new study found that subtle differences in an animal’s behavior by midlife can predict how long it is likely to live.

Researchers discovered how "animal personality" affects the way wild animals respond to the growing spread of human activity.

Dr. Mike Dacey analyses the challenges researchers face when studying the cognitive and emotional lives of animals and offers ...

The urban monkeys in New Delhi are so bold they’ll steal the lunch right off your plate. If you’ve spent time in New York, you’ve probably seen squirrels try to do the same. Sydney’s white ibises got ...

The surprising escapes from near-death situations of beetles and other small animals illustrate how both prey and predators ...

In a new study, Northwestern University neurobiologists discovered that gut bacteria and the nose work together to shape social behavior in mice, including who fights and who backs down. Using a ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) This brazen behavior isn’t normal for most species in the countryside, yet it shows up ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Daniel T. Blumstein, University of California, Los Angeles; Peter Mikula, and Piotr ...