Social mammals are wildly diverse, given that they can be found across all habitats and species. However, a new line of ...

A new study found that same-sex sexual behavior helps establish and maintain positive social relationships in animals including chimpanzees, bighorn sheep, lions, and wolves. In this new study, the ...

Humpback whales blowing bubble rings may be a positive sign, researchers say. Humpback whales may be communicating with humans in a playful way, according to researchers who have been studying the ...

Quick Take Scientists have documented same-sex behavior in hundreds of animal species, though it is not considered a required ...

In the natural world—where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity—animal behavior is glorious in its variety. Now, new research suggests there may be an underlying ...

A UB behavioral neuroscientist believes that the ingestion of afterbirth by a mother, a feature of pregnancy in nearly all nonhuman mammals, not only relieves postpartum pain, but optimizes the onset ...

(CNN) — Sexual behavior is one reason why female mammals typically live longer than their male counterparts, according to a new study. Researchers from Germany, Denmark, France, Hungary and Belgium ...

Humpback whales may be communicating with humans in a playful way, according to researchers who have been studying the marine mammals' behavior. Researchers from the SETI Institute, a Silicon ...

Historical beliefs of mammals’ daily activity periods may not hold true — especially in regions seeing increased human development, according to a global study. Camera trap data collected by a Texas A ...

A new study by paleontologists indicates that the earliest evidence of mammal social behavior goes back to the Age of Dinosaurs. The multituberculate Filikomys primaevus engaged in multi-generational, ...

Part 1. The historical perspective -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The history of mammals [animals] -- 3. The early radiations -- 4. The Edentata -- 5. The Pholidota -- 6. Conclusions concerning the early ...

Highlighting hundreds of cases of marine mammals admitted for emergency care, the Marine Mammal Center is calling on beachgoers to keep their distance, keep their dogs leashed and call the ...