In the face of a warming climate, the new research by Tulane scientists bodes poorly for the comparatively mild-mannered ...

You just don’t mess with some animals. While there are many potentially dangerous creatures in the world, there are some that ...

Rising global temperatures are influencing not only habitats and ecosystems but also animal behaviour. Scientists are discovering that heat can make many species more aggressive, triggering ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University Anthropology Professor Jill Pruetz long suspected that man-made changes influenced the aggressive behavior researchers have observed among chimpanzees. However, her ...

Researchers explained that traffic sounds may drown out birdsong, forcing the animals to become physically aggressive when protecting their territory Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff ...

The manatee (Trichechus) is an herbivore that is not aggressive and doesn't prey on other species. A manatee is a peaceful beast that spends much of the day sleeping and swimming lazily. Inconsistent ...

An acute observer of animal behavior, Martin H. Moynihan uses a wide array of comparative studies to detail the diversity, mechanics, and evolutionary origins of the means by which animals keep their ...

(a)−(c) are Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of metabolites identified from different tissues (HP vs PG) and aggression (the hypothalamus of the most aggressive (HPM) vs the hypothalamus of the ...

Despite the remarkable advancements in human psychiatry over recent decades, veterinary psychiatry remains an underdeveloped and loosely defined field. While it addresses psychological problems in ...

Like humans, mice will compete over territory and mates, and show increased confidence in their fighting skills the more they win. At first, a brain chemical called dopamine is essential for young ...