Breeding status shapes bite force in social African Fukomys mole-rats: strong male competition drives higher bite force in breeding males, while weaker female competition results in lower bite force i...

PhD Project - Angry and Alone: How Social Experience Shapes Female Aggression in Flies at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Disgust-eliciting stimuli have been shown to both capture attention, even when task-irrelevant, and to be visually avoided when alternative stimuli are available. This study investigated these effe...

The upcoming conference of the European Human Behaviour & Evolution Association will take place in Leiden, The Netherlands, 14th-17th of April 2026. EHBEA conferences bring together researchers applyi...

Animal personality has been studied in many solitary and socially living taxa, but the effect of conspecifics on the individuals' personality expressi…

The list of standard abbreviations for JDS is available at adsa.org/jds-abbreviations-24. Nonstandard abbreviations are available in the Notes.

Neophobia (the aversive response to novelty) varies considerably across species and individuals, and can impact adaptability and survival. This study assesses neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 bird ...

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Natural selection has repeatedly led to the evolution of two alternative antipredator color strategies—camouflage to avoid detection and aposematism to advertise unprofitability—but we lack understand...

Wild boars' unique movement patterns, shaped by their personalities, might help them avoid humans and thrive in diverse environments. Recognizing these beh

CogEvo 25 Workshop on Cognition and Evolution will be held in Rovereto from 17 to 18 July 2025

Well-developed caudal osteoderms were discovered in shield-tailed snakes (Uropeltidae). Dermal armour at the tail tip likely provides passive protection against predators, though roles in locomotion ...