A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...

Horses that were presented with cotton pads soaked in a scared human’s sweat showed more signs of fear themselves ...

At its core, conservation is about behavior change. Yet few organizations have put in place the structure, standards, and ...

When it comes to R&D spending in the social and behavioral sciences, public universities dominate, according to the latest ...

Same-sex behavior is common across the animal kingdom—more than 1,500 species are estimated to have been observed engaging in ...

Biologists tend to look at the animal kingdom and try to categorize things in an organized fashion. But nature has a way of ...

Horses can detect fear in humans by smell, becoming more likely to startle and more wary of people who are scared, a new study has found.

For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research ...

Life-saving medical treatments often come with heavy physiological costs that extend beyond the targeted organ or disease.

From work meetings to first dates, it's essential to adjust our behavior for success. In certain situations, it can even be a matter of life or death. So how do we switch our behavior when situations ...

An international collaborative study published in Science Bulletin reveals that over 680,000 new cases of hepatocellular ...

Homosexual behaviour in primates has a deep evolutionary basis and is more likely to occur in species that live in harsh ...