For humans, feces are last on the list of things we’d place near our mouth. In the animal world, that reaction does not ...

Thanatosis is the behavior of an animal playing dead. Read here to learn more about how and why animals feign dead!

We've compiled a list of weird animal behaviors we've amassed from the wild world web!

A tiger walks the same worn groove along the edge of its exhibit, like a broken record. A parrot methodically plucks out its own feathers until bare skin shows through. To a casual visitor, these can ...

Play is important for animals in captivity, both as an indicator of their emotional states and as a contributor to their long ...

A perspective in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface argues that advances in AI, sensing technologies and modeling are ...

A new study comparing 59 species of primates linked same-sex sexual behavior to scarce resources and more predators in socially complex species. The findings show diverse sexual behaviors are common — ...

To survive in the harsh wild, many animals turn to drastic measures for food. An example of this is a feeding strategy known ...

A friend of mine recently sent me a beautiful and moving photo essay published by Isa Leshko capturing the "beauty and dignity of elderly animals" "in their winter years". As I looked at each of the ...

Despite decades of independent progress in population ecology and movement ecology, researchers have lacked a theoretical ...

Detail that zoochosis can come from a variety of factors, including social isolation, small enclosures, noisy visitors, and lack of enrichment. Explore how zoos are working to reduce zoochosis through ...