In most vertebrates, social play among peers is considered essential for behavioral development. Yet in solitary species bearing single offspring, ...

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Communication; Animal behavior; Zoology

ALT: Graceful Deer Hopping at Sunset

Abstract Behavioural biology often focuses on identifying general patterns, yet unusual or rare behaviours at both the population and individual level can provide insight into animal behaviour. Here, ...

Cultural learning permeates human skill and knowledge acquisition. To understand its importance for nonhuman apes, we analyzed just under 7000 records of behavioral bouts of social and individual lear...

As animal behaviorists increasingly use AI in their research, they grapple with how to wield the technology responsibly

The Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation is about to publish a call for pre-doctoral scholarships (FPI) adhered to scientific projects that have been approved for funding in 2026. We invite …

When I was a postdoctoral researcher, I spent several years teaching at an interdisciplinary research institute in Vienna, Austria. There, my main course sought to train master’s students—mostly biolo...

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Elucidating the socio-ecological factors that shape patterns of aging in long-lived vertebrates is of broad interest to evolutionary biologists, geroscientists, and ecologists. However, research on a...

Analysing cephalopelvic proportions among 29 extant primate species, the authors show that a tight cephalopelvic fit is not unique to humans, with comparable or tighter fits occurring in several non-h...

Experiments show 29 animals moved towards a treat-filled bucket 60% of the time when guided by a researcher

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As climate change intensifies, scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about how animals will cope with a more unpredictable world. One way to gain insight is by studying how animals have alrea...

Are bonobos just gal pals? We outline historical interpretations of same-sex sexual behavior in bonobos and propose ways of queering this research that expand the study of both same-sex and mixed-sex...