The study of animal behaviour in ecological and evolutionary contexts examines how behavioural traits develop, persist and interact with environmental challenges. Research in this field investigates ...

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

People and pups may be more genetically similar than widely believed. In A Nutshell A gene linked to dog aggression is also ...

Researchers analyzed the genomes and behavioral profiles of 1,300 golden retrievers and found that several behavioral traits—such as trainability, fear of strangers, and aggression toward other ...

Intraspecific trait variation, including animal personalities and behavioural syndromes, affects how individual animals and populations interact with their environment. Within-species behavioural ...

Individual behaviour in spider communities far more fluid than previously thought Instead of fixed behavioural types, spiders appear to adjust their behaviour dynamically based on circumstances New ...

On Aug. 21, 2017, a solar eclipse shrouded The Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia, South Carolina, in near-total darkness for 2½ minutes. In the time leading up to the darkness, during it, and ...