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 ...

Cats have become one of the most beloved pets. Cats and dogs fill homes worldwide with companionship and love. And yet, they ...

Learn more about the death rituals seen throughout the animal kingdom and whether or not animals grieve the same way humans ...

We like to draw a line between humans and animals, a clear divide built on memory, empathy, and invention. But that line doesn’t always hold. Apes steal territory. Parrots ace memory tests. Bees react ...

For example, if you come across wild turkeys, the Audubon Society recommends giving them a wide berth. Additionally, if they ...

Park rangers are planning to take action. Onlookers stunned by wild animal's unusual behavior at US campground: 'He walked up ...

Humans aren’t the only animals with hot tempers. In 2016, ecologist Kristen Cecala and a colleague watched black-bellied salamanders (Desmognathus amphileucus) from Appalachian streams lunge at one ...

On a bright, late-summer day in north-central Europe around 300,000 years ago, a team of perhaps a couple dozen hunters got into their assigned positions for a big kill. Little did they know that ...