Ever wondered why you react a certain way in stressful situations or why certain emotions hit you harder than others? Well, a lot of it can be traced back to your folks. While you might think you're ...

Behavioral similarities between parents and their offspring are less marked than is often suggested, a new study shows. People are only slightly more likely to share personality traits with their ...

A new multicenter study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute-funded Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I got guest lecture for a professor at my new ...

True altruism is rare behavior in animals, but a new study has found that honey bees display this trait. Additionally, they found that an evolutionary battle of genetics may determine the parent they ...

Rare genetic traits are features that are uncommon within the general population. They can lead to different observable features or to rare physical abilities. Rare genetic traits are typically ...

An ongoing question of concern to researchers interested in dog behavior is just how much of it is coded in their DNA. According to the findings of a research team headed by Evan McLean of the ...