Explore why dogs sit on owners' spots, debunking dominance myths and identifying signs that distinguish scent-seeking comfort ...

Animal behavior research relies on careful observation of animals. Researchers might spend months in a jungle habitat watching tropical birds mate and raise their young. They might track the rates of ...

For decades, scientists studying mice in laboratory mazes have largely tracked their movements as single dots on video ...

When biologists study cooperation in animals, they usually offer just a single task at a time. But what happens when animals can choose among several opportunities to work together? Biologists at ...

The dog that shreds the couch cushions the moment you leave for work is not being spiteful, and it is not a failure of ...

Surprising similarities: Researchers used high-resolution accelerometer data to track behavioral sequences in three wild mammals: hyenas, meerkats, coatis. Unexpected patterns: Scientists have ...

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 ...

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 ...

When only one cooperation device was available, almost all cooperation took place between two young males (left). When three or five devices were offered, cooperation became much more evenly ...