Researchers discover that the prefrontal cortex models the behavior of social partners, allowing groups to self-correct and ...

Researchers found that mice coordinate survival behavior through brain activity in the prefrontal cortex, which tracks both ...

People may think of survival as an individual act—every animal (and person) for themselves. But a new study from UCLA ...

The study of animal behaviour in ecological and evolutionary contexts examines how behavioural traits develop, persist and interact with environmental challenges. Research in this field investigates ...

In the natural world—where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity—animal behavior is glorious in its variety. Now, new research suggests there may be an underlying ...

People may think of survival as an individual act—every animal (and person) for themselves. But a new study from UCLA suggests that when it comes to ...

In nature, massive congregations of animals are observed to be in motion and seem to behave in a coordinated fashion. Schools of fish are seen to be moving in perfect synchrony, flocks of birds are ...

A new study found that subtle differences in an animal’s behavior by midlife can predict how long it is likely to live.