A new study shows that parakeets will test the waters before trying to make friends, a behavior humans can use.

Source: University of Chicago Press/with permission. For many years, Lee Alan Dugatkin, a prolific author and leading researcher in animal behavior, has been one of my "go-to-guys" for learning about ...

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.

Accurate quantification of multi-animal behavior plays a pivotal role in unraveling the intricacies of animal social interactions with far-reaching applications in neuroscience and ecology. In a study ...

Tagging wildlife alters animal behavior for days, reports new research. The findings highlight a need for longer tracking periods to better understand animal behavior in the wild. The corresponding ...

A database about monkey behavior reveals how science is evolving toward a more open, collaborative approach. MacaqueNet contains social behavioral data from 14 of the world's 24 species of macaque.

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 ...

Ambika Kamath and Melina Packer are working to overturn biased, outdated views in biology When Ambika Kamath was a graduate student in evolutionary biology at Harvard University, she knew one thing ...

Nora Campbell receives funding from the Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship (RTP) at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Funding for this research was provided by the ...