By transforming a kitchen into a fully instrumented research environment, a team led by EPFL neuroscientist Alexander Mathis ...

Never underestimate the mind of a crow. Members of a family of birds that includes ravens, rooks, magpies, and jays, crows have been known to bend wire into hooks to retrieve food; drop nuts in a road ...

It has long been known that there is a complex interplay between genetic factors and environmental influences in shaping behavior. Recently it has been found that genes governing behavior in the brain ...

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Scientists are beginning to trace a surprising link between the genes that shape dog behavior and the biology that underpins ...

Ever since she was little, Sydney Morton knew she wanted to work in a career that allowed her to work with animals. She began ...

As a confessed evolutionist, I thought Nora S. Newcombe’s “Is Sociobiology Ready for Prime Time?” (The Review, December 13) was better than most critiques of sociobiology. However, I would disagree ...

It's not a simple case of "follow the leader" when it comes to baboons on foot, traversing their home range. Based on prior research, scientists had a few theories as to why the animals fall into such ...