A new study comparing 59 species of primates linked same-sex sexual behavior to scarce resources and more predators in socially complex species. The findings show diverse sexual behaviors are common — ...

Sealed surfaces, artificial light and constant noise: What is part of everyday life for humans poses major challenges for ...

A perspective in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface argues that advances in AI, sensing technologies and modeling are ...

Nate Heygi: This is Karyn Anderson. She’s a primate behavioral ecologist at the University of Toronto. She studies same-sex relationships in the animal kingdom. And she says, first off, there are ...

Wild hamsters might sound like a cartoon concept, but they are real animals that live across large parts of Europe and ...

Animal groups show how simple actions create shared intelligence, shaping technology, health research, and crowd safety.

Feeding wild animals might seem like a harmless act of kindness, but it often carries serious and unintended consequences. What starts as a simple attempt to connect with nature or help a vulnerable ...

A friend of mine recently sent me a beautiful and moving photo essay published by Isa Leshko capturing the "beauty and dignity of elderly animals" "in their winter years". As I looked at each of the ...

We all had to make adjustments as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded – even zoo animals who were suddenly not seeing crowds of visitors pass by every single day. In a study published in 2022, researchers ...

For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their ...