Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officials with the Oklahoma City zoo said there are a multitude of things that can affect their animals behavior. A solar eclipse ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What you expect can influence what you think you see. Auscape/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Animal behavior research ...

There could be a turtle eclipse of the heart. Monday’s much-anticipated solar eclipse could cause critters to act kookier than normal, scientists say. During the Great Solar Eclipse of 2017, ...

Binge eating, especially on high-fat, high-sugar foods, can rewire the brain and alter behavior, leading to compulsive food-seeking and a greater likelihood of overeating instead of under-eating when ...

A new study using Mongolian gerbils as an animal model demonstrated for the first time that trans-tympanic infrared laser ...

When biologist Adam Hartstone-Rose watched zoo animals during a solar eclipse, he expected them to shrug it off like a passing storm. What he observed instead raised an uncomfortable question about ...

As a career ethologist, I was thrilled when I learned about Dr. Matthew Calarco's new and highly original book titled The Three Ethologies: A Positive Vision for Rebuilding Human-Animal Relationships.

Animal behavior research relies on careful observation of animals. Researchers might spend months in a jungle habitat watching tropical birds mate and raise their young. They might track the rates of ...