As a career ethologist, I was thrilled when I learned about Dr. Matthew Calarco's new and highly original book titled The Three Ethologies: A Positive Vision for Rebuilding Human-Animal Relationships.

Humans stand out among mammals for our ability to run long distances without falling apart. That ability links back to early ...

Hunting is considered critical to human evolution by many researchers who believe that several characteristics that distinguish humans from our closest ...

The Illumination Discovery Hub at the University of Wisconsin held their monthly academic lecture, Crossroads of Ideas, Nov.

The University of New England is expanding its offerings to include online coursework and certification in animal behavior. The school says the six-week course will explore how animals communicate, ...

The Department of Companion Animal Studies at Silla University (President: Heo Namsik) will host a special seminar titled "A New Discipline Connecting ...

Not long after my 2016 book, "Not So Different" was published, Ken Ham put out a blog post denouncing the thesis of the book, that the behaviors of humans and other animals are not as different as ...

Y ou might’ve heard we’re trying to talk to whales. It sounds crazy, but it’s not so far-fetched, as in recent years we’ve ...

From chimps that wage war over territory to parrots that outperform Harvard students on memory tests, many other members of the animal kingdom demonstrate surprisingly human-like behavior. When you ...

Humans aren’t the only animals with hot tempers. In 2016, ecologist Kristen Cecala and a colleague watched black-bellied salamanders (Desmognathus amphileucus) from Appalachian streams lunge at one ...