Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Excessively high prey drive can cause specific unwanted behaviors. Since prey drive is instinctive, it cannot be turned off ...

The shelter engines are at full throttle on 125 Humane Society Road. A cruelty investigation from last week saw 20 Golden Retriever mixes set up camp in our kennels. Their ages range from two months ...

A stroll through the world of animals and men : a picture book of invisible worlds / Jakob von Uexküll -- Companionship in bird life : fellow members of the species as releasers of social behavior / ...

Dogs don’t leave love notes or text you updates, but that doesn’t mean they’re holding back on affection. Through small habits and instinctive behavior, your dog is constantly checking in, watching ...

Charles Darwin was born in 1809. He revolutionized evolutionary studies with his theory of natural selection. His ground-breaking work, first formulated privately and later published in "On the Origin ...

How exactly does a newly-hatched spider weave a perfect web that is characteristic of his or her species—without ever even having seen such a web, let alone having been trained to spin one? How do ...

I am a research assistant in Prof. Yang’s lab. My research focuses on how the brain organizes instinctive behaviors and emotional responses, and how dysfunctions in these fundamental systems lead to ...

Cats express affection in ways that differ completely from what humans expect. Instead of dramatic displays of love, they rely on instinctive behaviors shaped by survival, early development, and their ...

Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Center (SWC) at University College London have uncovered a neural mechanism in the brains of mice that enables the animals to overcome instinctive fears. The ...