Animals often show that the instinct for connection and meaning is not unique to humans by displaying behaviors that feel deeply symbolic. Sometimes, these behaviors resemble human rituals that give ...

Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Center (SWC) at University College London have uncovered a neural mechanism in the brains of mice that enables the animals to overcome instinctive fears. The ...

How cattle react to a handler’s presence is governed by three principles: instincts, past treatment, and what is happening in ...

Some animals appear poorly equipped to survive when their behavior is observed up close. The video highlights specific ...

On Aug. 21, 2017, a solar eclipse shrouded The Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia, South Carolina, in near-total darkness for 2½ minutes. In the time leading up to the darkness, during it, and ...

Human beings are often said to be the only animals who truly have a “mind” in the way that term is commonly used. But that view has been challenged over the past several decades. That challenge arises ...