Some animal societies are ruled by despots with an iron fist, while others seem naturally egalitarian – and they all have ...

A documentary video of a lone penguin walking inland toward icy mountains has gone viral. Scientists explain what may cause ...

Five African grey parrots at a UK zoo became viral sensations for their coordinated swearing and laughter at visitors. The intelligent birds, known for social learning, encouraged each other, ...

Cities profoundly shape how animals interact with one another. A new comprehensive review by researchers at Bielefeld ...

Animal behaviour encompasses a vast spectrum of actions and reactions by organisms as they interact with their environment and each other. Drawing on insights from classical ethology, behavioural ...

Facial recognition software used to study the social behaviour of individual Greylag Geese in Europe will soon be used to monitor one of the rarest geese in the world, the Cape Barren Goose in South ...

An animal behaviour lab built inside a converted barn uses motion-capture cameras to track the movements and behaviours of entire flocks of birds or swarms of insects. The so-called SMART-BARN ...

City streets were once unpredictable spaces for stray animals. Food was scarce, humans were distant, and survival depended largely on instinct. Today, cities have changed. With growing populations, ...

In truth, it is not a paradox. The animals involved all seem perfectly eager participants in heterosexual behaviour, as well, so their reproduction is not compromised. It is, though, a puzzle—for ...

Cats, to those of us who appreciate their company, are fascinating creatures, with their infinite curiosity and playfulness. [Makers Muse] has a pair of half-grown-up kittens, and set out to provide ...