When you think of animals that build nests, your mind likely travels to birds. However, while it is true that birds are one ...

Some types of animal behaviors may seem disgusting to humans, but they are essential for survival in the wild. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu. Live Science. Search.

Instincts are great, except for those unfortunate times when they make an animal go completely haywire, sometimes with disastrous results. Here are eight ...

Next month's total solar eclipse is expected to confuse the heck out of animals and create some bizarre behavior -- so scientists are staking out zoos and asking people to take notes on their pets ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a 3D imaging method to precisely map and categorize the social behavior of animals. By quantitatively measuring the movements, interactions ...

She is a traditional mouse behavior expert, trained to detect the animals’ subtleties with her own eyes. Yang knows that the way a rodent expresses an internal state, like fear, can change ...

Hints are beginning to emerge as to how the anthropause affected various types of animal behavior.For example, Marlene Waters and her colleagues studied territoriality in a population of dark-eyed ...

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 ...