When large and warty cane toads were first brought to Australia nearly 100 years ago, they had a simple mission: to gobble up beetles and other pests in the sugarcane fields. Today, though, the toads ...

Animals have evolved some truly bizarre behaviors, and even after decades of research and the aid of modern technology, ...

Over 80 percent of the world’s population is currently heating up for summer, and with it comes the realization that many of ...

Researchers examined GPS tracking data from thousands of animals representing 37 species and anonymized cellphone location ...

It's not only humans that do some sketchy, questionable stuff. Animals in the wild have their own peculiarities, too, and these weird animal behaviors usually don't go unnoticed. And by weird, we ...

A global analysis has found that urban animals are bolder and more aggressive, exploratory and active than their rural ...

A new study from Uganda shows that chimpanzee culture and learning are much more complex than scientists once believed.

An AI-powered camera platform could soon help monitor the health and behavior of zoo animals overnight, thanks to a new partnership between the University of Surrey and Marwell Wildlife. Researchers ...

For many animals, moonlight changes everything from the way they hunt to how they protect themselves or find mates. Some adapt for survival, while others take advantage of the extra light in ...

This blog post addresses behavior across all animal species. It considers what we can learn about behavior when we do not limit our study to just humans. Studying nonhuman animal behaviors is ...

Science has treated same-sex sexual behavior as an “evolutionary conundrum” because it (generally) doesn’t help animals to reproduce, thus ensuring that their genes get passed down and their species ...