Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Animal nervous systems may lose their adaptive edge with climate change. PM Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images Human-driven ...

A growing body of peer-reviewed research is documenting how rising temperatures and human activity are altering animal ...

Scientists have documented same-sex behavior in many animals. Learn what it means, how it varies, and why human labels can mislead.

Humans have climbed to the top of the food chain by skillfully hunting, trapping, and fishing for other animals at scales that far exceed other predators, altering how the animals behave and earning ...

In the natural world -- where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity -- animal behavior is glorious in its variety. Now, new research suggests there may be an ...

Researchers developed an advanced AI system named YORU that can identify specific animal behaviors with over 90% accuracy across multiple species.

Our environment is changing rapidly, largely as a result of human activities, leading to a significant decline in biodiversity. According to researchers from the University of Victoria and the Max ...

Science has treated same-sex sexual behavior as an “evolutionary conundrum” because it (generally) doesn’t help animals to reproduce, thus ensuring that their genes get passed down and their species ...

Several years ago, Christian Rutz started to wonder whether he was giving his crows enough credit. Rutz, a biologist at the University of St. Andrews, in Scotland, and his team were capturing wild New ...