animal behavior, evolutionary biology

Researchers are pulling from video games, sports broadcasting, meteorology, and even missile guidance technology to better investigate how insects have mastered flight.

Researchers are getting creative to understand flight behavior in the fast-moving and tiny animals.

The exaggerated horns and elongated forelegs of male flower beetles, which use these appendages as weapons in combat for females, do not slow down the insects in a race.

Patient Zero exonerated; Jack Woodall dies; Wolbachia-harboring mosquitoes deployed in fight against Zika; implanted neurons function in adult mouse brain 

Why does cooperation evolve most often in monogamous animals?

Sorting the Beef from the Bull, Cheats and Deceits, A Sea of Glass, and Following the Wild Bees

Researchers confirm the unprecedented endothermic abilities of a South American reptile.

What can social networks among hunter-gatherers in Tanzania teach us about how cooperation evolved in human populations?

How organisms keep their biological partners from cheating

Researchers studying city-dwelling birds are learning about which animals are more suited to urban life.

How birds with an innate propensity for living among humans are establishing populations in cities

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

Junk DNA, Cuckoo, Sapiens, and Cool

Researchers aim to unravel the molecular mechanisms by which a single genotype gives rise to diverse castes in eusocial organisms.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

Researchers have captured footage of wild chimpanzees teaching each other to use tools, lending support to the idea that humans aren’t the only primates to engage in social learning.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

Handedness, a conspicuous but enigmatic human trait, may be shared by other animals. What does it mean for evolution and brain function?