Non-human animals display many unexpected cognitive abilities and forms of intelligence. The story of Mac is an intriguing ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retires, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This is from 2020. Q: Harley, my 3-year-old bulldog mix, doesn’t go to the veterinarian often ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University Anthropology Professor Jill Pruetz long suspected that man-made changes influenced the aggressive behavior researchers have observed among chimpanzees. However, her ...

Mistreating a dog may come back to bite you. Scientists have long known that childhood abuse, neglect, and trauma can have lifelong consequences in humans. Now, a study by Harvard scientists links ...

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Scientists once assumed that evolution would eventually force every member of a species to behave in more or less the same ...

Researchers have documented consistent early-stage signals that animals display before aggression, many of which are often overlooked. These subtle cues—such as stillness, posture changes, or holding ...

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.

In the wild, aggression is not about anger or emotion in the human sense. It is a survival strategy shaped by millions of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. It’s often said that pets replicate their owner’s behaviors, but it’s ...