Behavioral News

Posted October 24, 2011:

• 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?
• Aggression-Boldness Gene Identified in Model Fish

Posted October 5, 2011:

• Colossal Aggregations of Giant Alien Freshwater Fish as a Potential Biogeochemical Hotspot

Posted October 3, 2011:

• Child Abuse in Birds: Study Documents 'Cycle of Violence' in Nature

Posted September 29, 2011:

• Autistic Mice Act a Lot Like Human Patients: Geneticists Develop Promising Mouse Model for Testing New Autism Therapies
• Complicated Gene Networks Involved in Fly Aggression

Posted September 28, 2011:

• Fish Uses Tool to Dig Up and Crush Clams
• Female Mate Searching Evolves When Mating Gifts Are Important, Katydid Study Finds
• Branding or Microchip Implant for Identification: Tradition or Stress?

Posted September 27, 2011:

• Rethinking Animal and Plant Disease for the 21st Century and Beyond

Posted September 26, 2011:

• Study of Bees Links Gene Regulatory Networks in the Brain to Behavior

Posted September 25, 2011:

• Feathered Friends Are Far from Bird-Brained When Building Nests

Posted September 22, 2011:

• Aquarium Fishes Are More Aggressive in Reduced Environments, New Study Finds

Posted September 21, 2011:

• Unprecedented Role Reversal: Ground Beetle Larvae Lure Amphibians and Prey Upon Them
• Researchers Discover How 'Promiscuous Parasites' Hijack Host Immune Cells

Posted September 19, 2011:

• Size Matters: Length of Songbirds’ Playlists Linked to Brain Region Proportions

Posted September 15, 2011:

• New Model for Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Mouse Model That Replicates Human OCD Can Point to More Effective Treatments
• Salmon and Other Fish Predators Rely on 'No Guts, No Glory' Survival Tactic
• Pheromones as a Means to Protect Beech Forests

Posted September 12, 2011:

• Manipulative Mothers Subdue Show-Off Sons, Bird Researchers Demonstrate

Posted September 8, 2011:

• Gypsy Moth Caterpillars Hormonal Slaves to Virus Gene

Posted September 1, 2011:

• New Map Shows Where Tastes Are Coded in the Brain

Posted August 31, 2011:

• Not Tonight Deer: A New Birth Control Vaccine Helps Reduce Urban Deer Damage

Posted August 30, 2011:

• Psychologists Unravel Mystery of How We Detect Life

Posted August 19, 2011:

• Parasite Uses the Power of Attraction to Trick Rats Into Becoming Cat Food

Posted August 17, 2011:

• The Quick Bird Catches the Girl

Posted August 8, 2011:

• Chimpanzees Are Spontaneously Generous After All, Study Shows
• 'Paranoia' About Rivals Alters Insect Mating Behavior

Posted August 3, 2011:

• Natural Killer Cells Participate in Immune Response Against HIV

Posted August 2, 2011:

• African Rodent Uses 'Poison Arrow' Toxin to Deter Predators: First Known Mammal to Use Plant Poison in Defense

Posted July 29, 2011:

• Mannan Oligosaccharides Offer Health Benefits to Pigs

Posted July 28, 2011:

• Elusive Prey: Selection Pressures Imposed by Predator Fungi Have Shaped Escape Behavior in Microscopic Worms
• Researchers Look to Dogs to Better Understand Intricacies of Bone Cancer

Posted July 27, 2011:

• Cows Clock-in for Monitored Mealtimes
• Bacterial Spite: When Kamikaze-Like Behavior Is a Good Strategy
• Farmers More Likely to Be Green If They Talk to Their Neighbors
• Social Deficits Associated With Autism, Schizophrenia Induced in Mice With New Technology

Posted July 25, 2011:

• Eat, Prey, Rain: New Model of Dynamics of Clouds and Rain Is Based on a Predator-Prey Population Model

Posted July 21, 2011:

• Whole Sequence Variation Map Reveals Insight Into Evolutionary Studies of Rhesus Macaque

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