When biologists study cooperation in animals, they usually offer just a single task at a time. But what happens when animals ...

Animal behavior analysis is a fundamental tool in various studies, ranging from basic neuroscience research to understanding the causes and treatments of diseases. It is widely applied not only in ...

Have you ever watched an animal do something so familiar that it made you stop and stare? Maybe it was a dog looking guilty ...

How do animal behavior researchers feel about the feelings of animals? A new survey helps to answer that question. The journal Royal Society Open Science published a survey of 100 researchers of ...

Non-contact behavioral study through intelligent image analysis is becoming increasingly vital in animal neuroscience and ethology. The shift from traditional “black box” methods to more open and ...

University of California, Santa Cruz, faculty members Rita Mehta and Colleen Reichmuth have been named California Academy of Sciences Fellows, joining a governing group of more than 500 distinguished ...

Scientists have developed a new method to simulate the complex movements of animals with exceptional accuracy. The research team set out to solve a long-standing challenge in biology -- how to ...

Pose estimation methods and motion capture systems have opened doors to quantitative measurements of animal kinematics. While animal behavior experiments are expensive and complex, tracking errors ...

Being conscious basically means being awake, aware, and able to perceive one's thoughts, feelings, and surroundings. It represents what is called a "first-person" subjective experience. Behavioral ...