Animal behaviour encompasses a vast spectrum of actions and reactions by organisms as they interact with their environment and each other. Drawing on insights from classical ethology, behavioural ...

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 ...

Same-sex sexual behaviour may help monkeys and apes rise up the social ranks and ultimately have more offspring – and it seems to be especially beneficial in harsh environments where there are lots of ...

Homosexual behavior is much more common across the animal kingdom than we first thought, new research has found. Scientists found that 78 percent of animal behavior experts had seen some degree of ...

I've been studying various aspects of animal behavior, especially in mammals, for many decades and have always felt uneasy about how cultural values have limited our true understanding of the dynamics ...

Paul McGreevy has received funding from the Australian Research Council and RSPCA Australia. The Internet of Animals is a clever, tempting book title and author Martin Wikelski draws us in with the ...