Quick Take Scientists have documented same-sex behavior in hundreds of animal species, though it is not considered a required function for specific ecosystem roles. Some researchers suggest that ...

On a warm summer afternoon in Yellowstone National Park, a crowd gathers around a bison. The animal weighs close to a ton. It ...

Researchers developed an advanced AI system named YORU that can identify specific animal behaviors with over 90% accuracy across multiple species.

In the natural world -- where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity -- animal behavior is glorious in its variety. Now, new research suggests there may be an ...

When people talk about saving wildlife, they often focus on numbers. Conversations center on how many deer live in a forest, ...

A growing body of peer-reviewed research is documenting how rising temperatures and human activity are altering animal behavior across ecosystems, from aggressive ant colonies in alpine grasslands to ...

Aquatic organisms exhibit a range of behavioural adaptations when confronted with contaminated environments. In recent decades, research has revealed that both chronic and acute contamination events ...

We project a great deal onto animals. They are elevated into ideals of love and fidelity (dogs, horses), and often they are reduced to objects and tools (cattle, pigs, horses again). Much of ...

BrainAlignNet, AutoCellLabeler, and CellDiscoveryNet—to automatically track and identify neurons in moving worms and jellyfish.

Humans have climbed to the top of the food chain by skillfully hunting, trapping, and fishing for other animals at scales that far exceed other predators, altering how the animals behave and earning ...

Recently, I came across a helpful article by William Baum (2018) 1 on the “three laws of behavior.” Baum is a behavior analyst who works in the tradition of B. F. Skinner, and the article focuses on ...