On Aug. 21, 2017, a solar eclipse shrouded The Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia, South Carolina, in near-total darkness for 2½ minutes. In the time leading up to the darkness, during it, and ...

Guest Opinion. It is time for animal behavior to become its own academic discipline. The Animal Behavior Society argues that ...

In years' past, researchers observed unusual animal behavior at zoos across the nation during a total solar eclipse. Flamingos circled their babies to protect them. Giraffes galloped around their ...

By Shreya Dasgupta Every year, researchers and people out in nature capture some aspect of animal behavior that’s unusual or ...

Top neuroscience labs are adapting new and unexpected tools to gain a deeper understanding of how mice, and ultimately humans, react to different drug treatments. By Peter Hess Published Jan 10, 2024 ...

Today's livestock agriculture faces major changes in domestic pig husbandry—besides animal health and productivity, aspects of animal welfare and animal-friendly husbandry systems for pigs ...

I've been studying animal behavior for many decades and I've long been interested in possible sources of bias in my field and others. I've been concerned for a number of reasons, including: our ...