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

A study reported in Current Biology shows how physical disabilities in the animal world can be overcome through behavioral ...

Some animal adaptations look like they were designed by a committee of mad scientists. The greater short-horned lizard ...

New genomic analysis of the golden sweeper has shown that it uses its prey (bioluminescent ostracods) to obtain its ability ...

Hybrid animals reveal growing imbalance between humans, wildlife ...

Tourism at a cave swarming with bats known to have transmitted a deadly fever disease? The popularity of Uganda's Python Cave points to yet another way interactions at the animal-human interface—where ...

When the environment changes dramatically, animals from mollusks to crows can make big changes in their behavior that enable them to survive. For example, marmots and ground squirrels in California ...

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 ...

Cats aren’t mysterious, they’re misunderstood. Research shows cats use 276 facial expressions to communicate. Here’s what you might be missing.

The unique environmental conditions at high altitudes drive the gut microbiota of resident animals to develop distinct structural and functional traits, thereby offering an ideal natural model for ...

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 ...