animal behavior

A mother humpback whale was filmed repeatedly returning to her stillborn calf off Australia’s Gold Coast, displaying prolonged…

In a quiet summer garden, a caterpillar perches on a branch, munching serenely on leaves. A moment later…

Adult female dolphin captured on film by UniSC researchers while ‘shelling’ to catch fish. Credit: University of the…

Some bottlenose dolphins have learned to use tools to help them catch fish, a clever technique that may…

Whoever thought animals would be able to prevent accidents? According to a recent study published in ‘Current Biology’…

Shark-mounted cameras reveal that whale sharks feed far beyond the surface, using diverse strategies from shallow krill pursuits…

It’s tough being a female in a naked mole-rat colony; they live a long life of servitude, maintaining…

Accumulative stone throwing is a rare, potentially cultural, behavior that has been observed among four groups of wild…

The radioactive region around Chernobyl, Ukraine, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in human history, has become…

Habitus of isopods collected during aggregative behavior in Eliad. Credit: Idan Sheizaf, Ariel Chipman, and Eviatar Itzkovich Artificial…

Humans do not have to cut down trees or build roads to disrupt wildlife. Their mere presence in…

Researchers studying nearly 900 parrots found evidence that some birds may use names to refer to specific people…

‘Heartbreaking and extremely rare’: Mother humpback whale carries stillborn calf through the ocean; scientists explain the unusual behaviour