A new study has found that African wildlife fears humans far more than lions. Researchers say ordinary human voices prompted ...

World Zoonoses Day highlights the urgent need for surveillance, prevention, and One Health to prevent the next pandemic.

Animals may inhabit the same world as us, but new research shows how their perceptions of what is around them differs, says research fellow Ishan Singhal ...

Why do humans have language and other animals apparently don't? It's one of the most enduring questions in the study of mind and communication. Across all cultures, humans use richly expressive ...

Some say the oldest known human settlement is Uruk, in modern-day Iraq. Others say Jericho, in Palestine. Wherever it is, it must be the place where synurbization—the process of wildlife adapting to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A ritual dance honoring Yoruban ancestors is one of the countless examples of human culture. Jorge Fernández/LightRocket via Getty ...

In "The Creatures' Guide to Caring," Elizabeth Preston traces myriad methods of caregiving across the natural world.

Of the 8.7 million species on Earth, why are human beings the only one that paints self-portraits, walks on the Moon and worships gods? For decades, many scholars have argued that the difference stems ...

As human-caused sound gets louder around the world, some animals change their behavior and many creatures suffer health issues Olivia Ferrari | Correspondent Key takeaways: How creatures respond to ...

Photograph of three male zebra finches (Taeniopygia castanotis), whose mating calls were used as part of the study. Credit: Raina Fan. The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers ...

I started this blog a little over a year ago as a way of exploring the intersection of animal behavior research and human psychology. Research on animal behavior provides a lot of insights for ...