Behavioral News

Posted February 10, 2012:

• The Power of Estrogen: Male Snakes Attract Other Males

Posted February 9, 2012:

• Drug Quickly Reverses Alzheimer's Symptoms in Mice
• Fruit Fly Turn-On: A Sexy, Youthful Smell May Make Up for Advancing Age

Posted February 8, 2012:

• Transformational Fruit Fly Genome Catalog Completed

Posted January 26, 2012:

• Making Sense of Sensory Connections: Researchers Identify Mechanism Behind Associative Memory by Exploring Insect Brains
• Tiny Crooners: Male House Mice Sing Songs to Impress the Girls

Posted January 25, 2012:

• Attack or Retreat? Circuit Links Hunger and Pursuit in Sea Slug Brain

Posted January 20, 2012:

• Why Bats, Rats and Cats Store Different Amounts of Fat

Posted January 18, 2012:

• Ulcer-Causing Bacteria Baffled by Mucus: Researchers Discover Impact of Viscoelasticity on Collective Behavior of Swimming Microorganisms

Posted January 12, 2012:

• Worm Seeks Worm: Chemical Cues Drive Aggregation in Nematodes

Posted January 10, 2012:

• Novel Anti-Viral Immune Pathway Discovered in Mosquito

Posted January 5, 2012:

• World’s First Primate Chimeric Offspring Produced: Research Demonstrates Not All Embryonic Stem Cells Are Equal

Posted January 4, 2012:

• How Male Spiders Use Eavesdropping to One-Up Their Rivals

Posted December 27, 2011:

• Sea Snails Help Scientists Explore a Possible Way to Enhance Memory

Posted December 21, 2011:

• How Diving Marine Mammals Manage Decompression

Posted December 19, 2011:

• Pet Kidney Injuries Are Similar to Human Kidney Injuries
• Why Locusts Swarm: Protein Associated With Learning Implicated in Causing Grasshoppers to Swarm
• Cockroach Hookup Signal Could Benefit Endangered Woodpecker

Posted December 16, 2011:

• Caterpillars Mimic One Another for Survival

Posted December 15, 2011:

• Report Recommends Stringent Limits on Use of Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research

Posted December 14, 2011:

• Dinosaurs With Killer Claws Yield New Theory About Evolution of Flight

Posted December 12, 2011:

• Whole New Meaning for Thinking on Your Feet: Brains of Small Spiders Overflow Into Legs
• New Strain of Lab Mice Mimics Human Alcohol Consumption Patterns

Posted December 9, 2011:

• The Physics Behind Great White Shark Attacks on Seals

Posted December 8, 2011:

• Helping Your Fellow Rat: Rodents Show Empathy-Driven Behavior, Evidence Suggests

Posted December 7, 2011:

• First Realistic 3-D Reconstruction of a Brain Circuit
• World's First Super Predator Had Remarkable Vision

Posted December 1, 2011:

• Like Humans, the Paper Wasp Has a Special Talent for Learning Faces
• Aggression Prevents the Better Part of Valor ... in Fig Wasps
• Savanna Chimps Exhibit Human-Like Sharing Behavior, Anthropologists Say

Posted November 17, 2011:

• The Buzz Around Beer: Why Do Flies Like Beer?

Posted November 16, 2011:

• Chimps Play Like Humans: Playful Behavior of Young Chimps Develops Like That of Children

Posted November 9, 2011:

• Do Plants Perform Best With Family or Strangers? Researchers Consider Social Interactions

Posted November 8, 2011:

• Hi-Tech Scans Catch Prehistoric Mite Hitching Ride on Spider

Posted October 27, 2011:

• Insects Are Scared to Death of Fish

Posted October 24, 2011:

• Perinatal Antidepressant Stunts Brain Development in Rats; Miswired Brain Circuitry Traced to Early Exposure
• Studying Depression: Researchers Demonstrate Rare Animal Model
• How Motherhood Behavior Is Influenced by Alterations in Brain Function
• Fish Can Be Creatures of Habit, Too

Posted October 21, 2011:

• Elaborate Bird Plumage Due to Testosterone?

Posted October 20, 2011:

• Culture in Humans and Apes Has the Same Evolutionary Roots, Researchers Show

Posted October 19, 2011:

• Improving Training Efficiency in Horses

Posted October 17, 2011:

• Robotic Bug Gets Wings, Sheds Light on Evolution of Flight
• Genomic Sequence and Comparison of Two Macaques Reveal New Insights Into Biomedical Research

Posted October 14, 2011:

• Super-Sized Muscle Made Twin-Horned Dinosaur a Speedster

Posted October 12, 2011:

• Cichlid Male Nannies Help Out, Especially If They've Been Sneaking

Posted October 11, 2011:

• Insight Into Feeding Behaviour of First Amphibians

Posted October 6, 2011:

• Is Chivalry the Norm for Insects?

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