A tiger walks the same worn groove along the edge of its exhibit like a broken record. A parrot methodically plucks out its ...

A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...

Ask an expert, Are Turtles Social Animals?, and you'll definitly get "No" for an answer. However, this viral turtle video will likely make you reconsider.

Nonhuman primates like bonobos and chimpanzees might engage in same-sex sexual activities to strengthen bonds, particularly ...

Empathy in animals encompasses a range of processes whereby individuals perceive, share, and respond to the emotional states of conspecifics, often leading to demonstrably prosocial behaviours.

Homosexual behavior is much more common across the animal kingdom than we first thought, new research has found. Scientists found that 78 percent of animal behavior experts had seen some degree of ...

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 ...

As with humans, the maternal bond in nature is important for animals to find their way in the world. In mammals, a mother ...

It is time for animal behavior to become its own academic discipline. The Animal Behavior Society argues that animal behavior ...