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Behavioral Ecology
Murmurations have no leader and follow no plan.
Salk scientists studied complex decision-making capabilities in a worm with just 302 neurons and a mouth full of teeth. It's smarter than you would think.
Two aspects of memory – fast updating and long lasting – are typically considered incompatible, yet the insects combined them.
The human brain is only the latest chapter in the ancient story of thinking on Earth.
Many animals practice what looks like self-medication. A new report suggests that chimps tend wounds with insects, often treating each other.
The story of dog domestication is one of converting the wild wolf into man's nicer, smarter, best friend. It might be all wrong.
From 1974 to 1978, the chimps of Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania were at war with each other, the first time conservationists saw chimps engage in calculated, cold-blooded killing.
Despite the wide diversity of spider species, most orb-weavers seem to follow the same playbook when building their webs.
There’s an enormous evolutionary advantage for flamingos to stand on one leg, but only physics explains why. Of all the natural marvels unique to planet Earth, the diversity of the living […]
Behavioral ecology is a real science. But applying it to humans, with our social structures, is highly suspect. Imagine a scientist. Try closing your eyes and really picturing this person: envision […]