By studying animal behavior, humans can also learn more about their own behavior—a field known as comparative psychology. Do Animals Have Thoughts and Emotions? Many researchers who study animal ...

Feb. 3, 2025 — A new study has estimated it would cost $15.6 billion per year for 30 years to prevent extinction for 99 of Australia's priority species. The research highlights the urgent need ...

Sexual diversity is good for animals and it's good for us too. Young couple being affectionate. Young couple being affectionate. dragana991/iStock/Getty Monogamy in humans is largely based on ...

Feb. 4, 2025 — This week, the world's governments are meeting in Geneva for the 78th meeting of the Standing Committee of CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of ...

McGill University postdoctoral fellow Logan James, an affiliated researcher with the nonprofit Earth Species Project, examines zebra finch recordings on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024 in Montreal, Canada.

Introduction: While rabies remains a global concern, detailed studies on human rabies, particularly regarding causal animals and the reasons for not receiving postexposure prophylaxis (PEP), are ...

Therefore, dysregulation of the immune system may be one of the mediators of social stress that produces aggression and/or depression. Similar to humans, aggressive animals also show increased levels ...

ANIMAL and human sex behaviour are the subjects of five papers published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (47, Art. 5, 603-664 ; May 1947). These papers were given at a conference ...

From age-old territorial disputes to cunning acts of sabotage, animals know how to hold their own in the ultimate game of survival. These clashes are not just survival tactics—they’re spectacles that ...

Image by okiepony via Depositphotos. The butterfly, with its delicate wings and vibrant colors, has long been cherished as a symbol of transformation and renewal in various cultures around the world.

Jaco Visser/Shutterstock.com The tsetse fly is the first of several insects to make our list of the 10 deadliest animals in the world. As is the case for the bugs to come, it is not the actual bite of ...