Quick Take Scientists have documented same-sex behavior in hundreds of animal species, though it is not considered a required ...

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 ...

Horses detect human fear through smell alone and exhibit fearful behavior through emotional contagion mechanism.

A recent French study seems to verify what many old-time horsemen have long believed: that horses can smell fear in 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 ...

Researchers from INRAE and IFCE have demonstrated that fear-related human chemical cues influence horse behaviour through ...

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 ...

From problem-solving to emotional intelligence, these five animals exhibit brainpower that rivals humans.