A new study using Mongolian gerbils as an animal model demonstrated for the first time that trans-tympanic infrared laser ...

Social animals use a suite of preemptive behaviors in anticipation of conflict, including staying quiet, monitoring their ...

A team of anthropologists and biologists from Canada, Poland, and the U.S., working with researchers at the American Museum of Natural History, in New York, has found via meta-analysis of data from ...

Most people notice animal behavior in passing. A flock of birds scatters, a fox wanders a little too close to a porch, a ...

Two lion brothers rubbing heads in sign of affection and bonding© RichartPhotos/Shutterstock.com Scientists have recorded same-sex behavior across many animal groups ...

Ethological studies of animal sentience are critical because they focus on wild animals displaying flexibility and adapting to their ever-changing lives.

A tiger walks the same worn groove along the edge of its exhibit like a broken record. A parrot methodically plucks out its own feathers until bare skin shows through. To a casual visitor, these can ...

There is ever-growing interest in the ways in which a wide variety of nonhuman animals (animals) deal with the ups and downs of their lived experiences in many different contexts. In his new edited ...

There could be a turtle eclipse of the heart. Monday’s much-anticipated solar eclipse could cause critters to act kookier than normal, scientists say. During the Great Solar Eclipse of 2017, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists and zookeepers watched Monday as giraffes, gorillas, lions, macaws and flamingoes exhibited unusual behavior during the ...

Less than a week from now, when the sun partially disappears behind Long Island's moon — and entirely in places like upstate New York — many of the Earth's creatures will react to the eclipse. Not all ...