Tags: Animal behavior

Zoo Prisons: Here’s Why Animals Should Not Be Kept in Zoos

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 06.16.2024 00:10 AM

Zoos are places for animal captivity. Read to learn more. While zoo visits may seem like fun and educational experiences, they are places of captivity for animals.

Wireless Sensor Revolutionizes Neuroscience, Provides Breakthrough Understanding of Mouse Behavior and Physiology

05.10.2024 21:03 PM

The wireless sensor revolution in neuroscience has unleashed unprecedented insights into mouse behavior and physiology. Read to learn more.

500-Million-Year-Old Crustacean Trace Fossil Reveals Life Forms in Tidal Settings, Shows Ancient Animal Behavior Before Settling on Land

10.26.2023 07:20 AM

A new type of crustacean trace fossil from Texas shows animals trapped in a tidal pool before they first emerged onto land. Read the article to find out more.

Blinking Slowly Could Be an Effective Way To Communicate With Cats, Study Reveals

11.17.2022 07:19 AM

Psychologists confirmed the long-held belief that cats are more likely to approach humans who slow-blink at them. Read the article to find out why.

3-Legged Alligator Spotted Tenderly Caring for Her Young Showing That Crocodiles Are Misunderstood Reptiles

09.16.2022 06:22 AM

A mother alligator is seen in Florida, limping to the nest and taking it apart to get her babies. What does this animal behavior mean? Read to find out.

Complex Decision-Making Observed in Worms; Accounts Ability of Smaller Life Forms With Lesser Brain Cells

03.08.2022 07:00 AM

Decision-making skills are commonly observed in most vertebrate animals. Read on to know how this smaller species with only few neurons can do the same.

Hippopotamuses Spray Poop When They Recognize Sounds Both of Friends and Rivals

01.25.2022 10:31 AM

Researchers recently recorded the changing honks of seven different hippopotamus groups living in the lake-field Maputo Special Reserve of Mozambique and played them back to each of the groups from a loudspeaker.

Gold-Mantled Ground Squirrels Personalities Similar to Humans Like Being Shy, Social, or Bold That Is Beneficial for Ecosystem

09.14.2021 02:40 AM

A new study identified four different personality traits expressed by squirrels, and hww it shapes their ecosystem and biodiversity.

Manipulative Animals: How Some Species Use Blackmail

02.07.2021 23:08 PM

Some species would threaten to blackmail their relatives to force cooperation in rearing the young and gathering as much DNA in the gene pool as possible.

Kangaroos Use Unique Gaze to ‘Talk’ to Humans

12.17.2020 17:00 PM

A study found that kangaroos could "talk to humans" using a unique gaze. Totally undomesticated animals such as kangaroos can deliberately communicate with human beings, reversing the script on the notion of deliberate association from animals to humans, just transpiring with occurring in animals such as horses, goats, or dogs.

Risky Animal Behavior Influenced and Triggered by Hunger

10.06.2020 07:40 AM

A study from the University of Jena, Germany looks at the high-risk behaviors of animals driven by poor nutritional conditions. Hunger can influence animals to migrate or explore new places in search of food.

Retired Military Dog Set to Receive Dickin Medal | How Does Positive Training for Dogs Work Anyway?

08.31.2020 01:24 AM

Kuno, the Belgian Malinois who has completed two Afghanistan tours, is set to receive the prestigious Dickin Medal—the animals' Victoria Cross—for his heroic service.

Vulturine Guineafowl Exhibits Behavior Reflective of a Multilevel Society—Something Uncommon to Birds

11.08.2019 08:27 AM

In order for the team to support the claims of their study, they tracked social relationships during the course of the cross seasons for the 400-species population of Vulturine Guineafowl. After marking these birds, the team discovered that there are at least 18 distinct social groups within the population that are comprised of 13 to 65 individuals each.

You Dirty Rat? Rats Show Empathy, Save Each Other From Drowning

05.14.2015 13:40 PM

Research has proven that rats place more value on saving others than obtaining a food reward. Rats, especially those who have nearly drowned in the past, will resuce each other from drowning. They experience a kind of empathy.

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