When biologists study cooperation in animals, they usually offer just a single task at a time. But what happens when animals ...

When large and warty cane toads were first brought to Australia nearly 100 years ago, they had a simple mission: to gobble up beetles and other pests in the sugarcane fields. Today, though, the toads ...

Animal behavior analysis is a fundamental tool in various studies, ranging from basic neuroscience research to understanding the causes and treatments of diseases. It is widely applied not only in ...

An international team of researchers have published a new review in Animal Behavior revealing how communication enables ...

Have you ever watched an animal do something so familiar that it made you stop and stare? Maybe it was a dog looking guilty ...

As a career ethologist, I was thrilled when I learned about Dr. Matthew Calarco's new and highly original book titled The Three Ethologies: A Positive Vision for Rebuilding Human-Animal Relationships.

What role does environmental settings play in behavior? This is what a recent study published in Scientific Reports hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated behaviors ...

Dogs have spent decades earning a reputation as humanity's best friend. Cats, meanwhile, have been stuck defending themselves ...

A tiger walks the same worn groove along the edge of its exhibit, like a broken record. A parrot methodically plucks out its own feathers until bare skin shows through. To a casual visitor, these can ...

Why can't we stop anthropomorphizing our animal friends and foes? Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz / Orca image from Christopher Michel via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY 2.0 / Bird and dolphin via ...

Companion Animal Psychology (CAP), created by the prolific, award-winning psychologist, dog and cat expert, and Psychology Today contributor Zazie Todd, is now 14 years old. Zazie is still running it ...