Animal behaviour

A 10-year-old student from Japan has captured worldwide attention after his fascination with butterflies led to a remarkable…

Braga Goncalves, I., Morris-Drake, A., Kennedy, P. & Radford, A. N. Fitness consequences of outgroup conflict. eLife 11,…

Male narwhals fighting over the carcass of a female off Baffin Island, Canada.Credit: Flip Nicklin/Minden Pictures via Alamy…

Photo: serezniy 123rf Researchers in Japan have shown that domestic cats may stop eating—often leaving food unfinished—not only…

Photo: valdasds1 123rf Chicks, just like pets, also benefit from gentle human touch, new research in the UK…

A raccoon and puzzlebox from the experiment. Credit: Hannah Griebling The marshmallow was gone, but the trash pandas…

You snooze, you lose: young killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri) that take daytime naps have relatively short lives. Credit: Andrew…

To look at the damage done to the glass on Shane Martin’s shopfront, you might think a robber…

A marine scientist has warned against getting in the ocean with sharks after footage emerged of swimmers at…

The black mamba is one Africa’s most deadly venomous snakes.Credit: Matthijs Kuijpers/Alamy An antivenom using antibodies from a…

Arm actions Twelve arm actions were identified from 15 behaviors with a total of 3,907 actions recorded from…

Published on: Sept 06, 2025 06:03 pm IST A viral clip showed a wild boar chasing away a…

Meet Jo Nagai: 10-year-old Japanese student who discovered butterflies can remember their time as caterpillars after he noticed that the caterpillars he had raised to recognise him after turning into butterflies | World News