A tiger walks the same worn groove along the edge of its exhibit, like a broken record. A parrot methodically plucks out its ...

It is time for animal behavior to become its own academic discipline. The Animal Behavior Society argues that animal behavior ...

Neurobiology researchers Sam Golden and Nastacia Goodwin review light sheet fluorescent microscopy brain images revealing the activity of individual neurons during different behaviors. They are in a ...

On Aug. 21, 2017, a solar eclipse shrouded The Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia, South Carolina, in near-total darkness for 2½ minutes. In the time leading up to the darkness, during it, and ...

In years' past, researchers observed unusual animal behavior at zoos across the nation during a total solar eclipse. Flamingos circled their babies to protect them. Giraffes galloped around their ...

Top neuroscience labs are adapting new and unexpected tools to gain a deeper understanding of how mice, and ultimately humans, react to different drug treatments. By Peter Hess Published Jan 10, 2024 ...

A team has developed a new software tool to help researchers across the life sciences more efficiently analyze animal behaviors. A team from the University of Michigan has developed a new software ...

I've been studying animal behavior for many decades and I've long been interested in possible sources of bias in my field and others. I've been concerned for a number of reasons, including: our ...

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 ...