Dr Sharmini Julita Paramasivam, Associate Professor in Veterinary Behavior and Animal Welfare at the University of Surrey, ...

A team of researchers in France are building on fundamental experimental research undertaken in the Ukrainian Chornobyl ...

In animals with social structures, the drive to reproduce is a complex process; governed by the brain, it's influenced by ...

Watch this tear-jerking clip of an abandoned baby zebra being rescued by a herd, and then read about zebra relationship dynamics.

Rockefeller scientists identified a hormonally primed brain circuit in mice that governs sexual receptivity in females and ...

As research clearly shows that animals have rich cultural traditions and active minds, Philippa Brakes stresses how vital it ...

Oxytocin is a hormone linked to bonding of all kinds—maternal, familial, romantic, social. In mice, the team found, the ...

When it came time to apply to graduate programs, she cast a wide net, focusing on faculty whose work aligned with her interests in evolutionary ecology and animal behavior. That search led her to ...

The concept of the alpha male isn't standing up to reality. A large majority of primate communities have shared dominance, ...

In the wild, herbivores are often seen as the peaceful grazers of the animal kingdom—gentle giants simply trying to surv ...

Ophidiophobia (the phobia of snakes) is one of the more common phobias psychologists treat today. Some researchers posit that ...

A study showed that sex-based hierarchies in primates are more fluid than has been assumed, raising questions about the ...