Apparently they're having a hard time with late-stage capitalism, too ...

A meta-analysis combined about 30 years of wildlife studies to examine how animals respond to human activity. Animals usually show stronger fear responses in areas with hunting or lethal human ...

Study reveals how urban wolf behavior adapts to human environments through flexible fear responses and rapid learning.

Animals may behave similarly in cities because they learn from each other how to exploit novel human food sources. For ...

Quick Take Many wild animals, from coyotes to deer, now live comfortably in suburban areas by adapting to human environments and food sources. These species can create both problems, like property ...

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 ...

The human ability to cook may seem ordinary, but it marks one of the most important evolutionary turning points in our ...

Encountering animals in nature — whether on a hiking trail, at the beach or in a neighborhood park — can be one of the most ...

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 ...

Chicks, just like pets, also benefit from gentle human touch, new research has revealed. Scientists at the University of ...

Rural Alaskan and Canadian communities are trying to get along with the large mammals Lesley Evans Ogden, Knowable Magazine Treading carefully through yellowing aspen forest in southeastern British ...

There are many things I love about working in animal welfare. One is the fact that it’s an evolving field. The more we learn ...