Memories are thought to be stored in sparse groups of neurons called engrams. These are the cells that switch on during learning and can later switch on again during recall. In physiological aging and ...

An international research team, including VUB data scientist Yannick Jadoul, has shed new light on the rhythmic nature of sexual behavior in bonobos. By precisely analyzing the tempo of movements ...

Young elephants have a lot to learn—what to eat, what to avoid, how to behave around others. When they grow up around their mother and aunts, their development into well-behaved adults may seem ...

Many animals are often labeled as scatterbrained or easily distracted based on quick movements, constant activity, or ...

We like to think that animals follow the crowd. If most of the group does something, surely the individual will copy. But what if the story is more complicated? What if the deciding factor isn't just ...

Children gathered excitedly as they headed to the buses just outside of Incline Middle School. They seemed eager to start ...

Newsweek spoke to Deby Cassill, an associate professor of integrative biology and animal behaviorist at the University of South Florida in Tampa, about what rescue dogs often have to learn and why ...

Uncertainty makes us uncomfortable. Yet the research is clear: It is essential for growth. The challenge isn’t eliminating ...

Some dolphins in Shark Bay use sea sponges as tools while hunting, revealing a rare example of learned behavior passed across ...

Scientists have documented same-sex behavior in many animals. Learn what it means, how it varies, and why human labels can mislead.

Researchers developed an advanced AI system named YORU that can identify specific animal behaviors with over 90% accuracy ...

A multi-institutional team of researchers led by Virginia Tech's Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC has for the first time identified specific patterns of brain chemical activity that predict ...