For years, animal behavior was explained as instinct or routine survival. New research is expanding that view.

By the time you tell yourself there’s nothing in the dark alley, your amygdala has already disagreed. Here’s why, according ...

Monkeys in a tourism hotspot have learned that swallowing dirt can quell the upset stomachs caused by overconsumption of ...

“Everybody seems to think that we are skunks, saber-rattlers, and warmongers.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower, responding to the global outrage after the Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb test on Bikini Atoll, ...

Macaques living on the Mediterranean holiday hotspot have learned that swallowing soil can quell upset stomachs caused by ...

For a long time, scientists judged animal intelligence by how closely it resembled human behavior. That left a lot unnoticed.

Claude research suggests functional emotions shape AI behavior, without proving subjective feelings or consciousness.

"Perhaps, dogs (and other nonhuman animals) are already ahead of us in terms of their relationships with other members of the ...

Humans and Neanderthals not only coexisted and interbred, but actively collaborated and shared their cultures. This stunning ...

How do we learn to avoid bad food? Researchers found that fat cells signal the brain using dopamine to trigger "conditioned ...

Animals may behave similarly in cities because they learn from each other how to exploit novel human food sources. For instance, the cockatoos in Sydney have learned to open trash bins. In Toronto, ...

A custom-built artificial intelligence system developed by Rice researchers helped uncover how bacterial communities ...