Behavioral News

Posted May 13, 2011:

• Livestock Also Suffer Traffic Accidents During Transport

Posted May 11, 2011:

• Beware of Predatory Male American Black Bears: Attack Rates Are Rising With Human Population Growth

Posted May 9, 2011:

• Variety Is the Spice of Life for Animal Movement: Foraging Animals Tend to Wander Randomly

Posted May 6, 2011:

• Malaria Mosquitoes Accurately Find Their Way to Smelly Feet

Posted May 5, 2011:

• Protein Keeps Sleep-Deprived Flies Ready to Learn
• Can Social Deficits of Autism and Schizophrenia Be Modeled in Animals?

Posted May 3, 2011:

• Marsupial Wolf or Tasmanian Tiger? Extinct Australian Thylacine Was More Cat Than Dog, Researchers Find

Posted April 28, 2011:

• From the Beginning, the Brain Knows the Difference Between Night and Day
• Link Between Theta Rhythm and Ability of Animals to Track Location Probed
• Through Unique Eyes, Box Jellyfish Look out to the World Above the Water
• Social Bonding in Prairie Voles Helps Guide Search for Autism Treatments

Posted April 27, 2011:

• For Peacocks, the Eyespots Don't Lie

Posted April 18, 2011:

• Tibetian Terrier Dogs Could Play Key Role in Developing Therapy for Early-Onset Parkinson’s

Posted April 14, 2011:

• Precipitation, Predators May Be Key in Ecological Regulation of Infectious Disease

Posted April 12, 2011:

• Can Alcohol Help the Brain Remember? Repeated Ethanol Exposure Enhances Synaptic Plasticity in Key Brain Area, Study Finds

Posted April 11, 2011:

• Social Wasps Show How Bigger Brains Provide Complex Cognition

Posted April 8, 2011:

• New Insights Into Predator/prey Relationships

Posted April 7, 2011:

• Scientists Exploit Ash Tree Pest's Chemical Communication
• Cave Fish Insomniacs: Fishes That Sleep Less Point to Genetic Basis for Slumber, Biologists Find

Posted April 6, 2011:

• Birds Must Choose Between Mating and Migrating

Posted April 5, 2011:

• Chimp, Bonobo Study Sheds Light on the Social Brain

Posted April 1, 2011:

• When Food Is Scarce, Hungry Female Spiders Alter Mating Preferences
• Spread of Invasive Ladybugs Explained

Posted March 30, 2011:

• Declining Rainfall Is a Major Influence for Migrating Birds
• Proboscis Monkeys Regurgitating Their Food, Like Cows

Posted March 29, 2011:

• Horse Blind Date Could Lead to Loss of Foal

Posted March 24, 2011:

• An Ancestral Link Between Genetic and Environmental Sex Determination

Posted March 23, 2011:

• In Vivo Systems Biology: Using Computer Models, Systems Biologists Can Predict Complicated Behavior of Cells in Living Animals
• First French Bulldog With Sex Reversal Identified in Spain

Posted March 21, 2011:

• How Different Strains of Parasite Infection Affect Behavior Differently

Posted March 18, 2011:

• Human Gender Roles Influence Research on Animals, Swedish Biologists Argue
• Fairy Wrens Are Accountants of the Animal Kingdom, Not Altruistic as Previously Thought

Posted March 16, 2011:

• Naval Sonar Exercises Linked to Whale Strandings, According to New Report
• Fossils Record Reveals Ancient Migrations, Trilobite Mass Matings
• Paleontologists Audition Modern Examples of Ancient Behavior
• Dine or Dash? Genes Help Worm Decide When to Look for New Food

Posted March 15, 2011:

• Proteins May Affect Behavior and Physiology of Female Mosquitoes

Posted March 13, 2011:

• Miniature 'Wearable' PET Scanner: Simultaneous Study of Behavior and Brain Function in Animals

Posted March 11, 2011:

• Mouse Nose Nerve Cells Mature After Birth, Allowing Bonding, Recognition With Mother

Posted March 10, 2011:

• Non-Native Snakes Are Taking a Toll on Native Birds in Florida, Scientists Find
• Can Bees Color Maps Better Than Ants?

Posted March 9, 2011:

• 'Singing' Mice: The Ongoing Debate of Nature Vs. Nurture
• 'Love Song' of the Fly Shows How Nervous System Initiates, Controls and Utilized Behavior
• Foundations of Empathy in Chickens? Avian Maternal Response to Chick Distress Studied

Posted March 4, 2011:

• Enzyme Enhances, Erases Long-Term Memories in Rats; Can Restore Even Old, Fading Memories, Say Scientists

Posted February 25, 2011:

• Tweeting Teenage Songbirds Reveal Impact of Social Cues on Learning

Posted February 18, 2011:

• Researchers Tapping the Potential of Radar Technologies to Advance Aeroecology

Posted February 16, 2011:

• Insects Hold Atomic Clues About the Type of Habitats in Which They Live

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