animal behaviour

Researchers have discovered that genes underlying specific behavioural traits in golden retrievers - from trainability to fear of strangers - also...

Cicadas coordinate their early morning choruses with remarkable precision, timing their singing to a specific level of light during the pre-dawn hours...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered genes linked to obesity in both Labradors and humans. They say the effects can be over...

New research finds around a quarter of Labrador retriever dogs face a double-whammy of feeling hungry all the time and burning fewer calories due to a...

Research on neighbouring chimpanzee communities in the forests of West Africa suggests a warfare tactic not previously seen beyond humans is regularly...

Illusion involving a hidden thumb confounds capuchin and squirrel monkeys for the same reason as humans – it misdirects the expected outcomes of...

Cambridge researchers have observed a highly unusual behaviour in the endangered freshwater mussel, Unio crassus.

A study has found that Eurasian jays can pass a version of the ‘marshmallow test’ – and those with the greatest self-control also score the highest on...