More than 4,500 wild animals tracked by GPS across six years changed how they used their habitat the moment people arrived, ...

Heat waves do more than just generate high temperatures and cause excessive sweat. Research shows that heat affects animal ...

Researchers examined GPS tracking data from thousands of animals representing 37 species and anonymized cellphone location ...

Scientists and zookeepers watched Monday as giraffes, gorillas, lions, macaws and flamingoes exhibited unusual behavior during the total solar eclipse. "Most importantly, we did not observe any signs ...

Life in the wild is serious business. Survival often comes down to enhanced senses and sharp instincts; after all, one wrong ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the natural world—where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity—animal behavior is glorious in its variety. Now, new research suggests there may be an underlying ...

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 ...

Animal behavior research relies on careful observation of animals. Researchers might spend months in a jungle habitat watching tropical birds mate and raise their young. They might track the rates of ...

For millions of people across North America, day will turn into night on Monday as the moon crosses between the Earth and the sun. While most of us are expecting the upcoming solar eclipse, wild ...

Many people, including researchers and people who are simply interested in animal behavior, have written off queer sexual behavior in nonhuman animals for any number of reasons, including that it is ...