Scientists have documented same-sex behavior in many animals. Learn what it means, how it varies, and why human labels can mislead.

Social mammals are wildly diverse, given that they can be found across all habitats and species. However, a new line of ...

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 ...

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 ...

"A spotlight on the highly complex world." Researchers issue warning after discovering surprising shift in animal behavior: ...

When people talk about saving wildlife, they often focus on numbers. Conversations center on how many deer live in a forest, ...

Microbes are everywhere, even inside of our bodies. The gut microbiome has been shown to have a powerful influence on biology, and can even affect the brain. Scientists have been learning more about ...

Researchers have shed new light on the features that enable tree-dwelling mammals to move effectively through their ...

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 ...

Recently, I came across a helpful article by William Baum (2018) 1 on the “three laws of behavior.” Baum is a behavior analyst who works in the tradition of B. F. Skinner, and the article focuses on ...