Behavior as defined by Webster’s dictionary is: anything that an organism does involving action and response to stimulation. We can break this all the way down to the level of the exposome and ...

AbstractEnvironmental variability occurring at different timescales can significantly reduce performance, resulting in evolutionary fitness costs. Shifts in thermoregulatory behavior, metabolism, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Everywhere we go, we are surrounded by birds. We eat them, ...

The Animal Behavior Graduate Group is targeted toward students who are interested in understanding the adaptive and evolutionary bases of animal behavior. Students are trained for teaching and ...

Despite two decades of research, the function of the cellular prion protein PrP C is still unknown. It had been hoped the Prnp −/− mouse would provide evidence for the function of this protein that is ...

URBANA, Ill. – When mothers and their children play together, they instinctively respond to each other’s cues. And positive interactions promote the child’s healthy socioemotional development. A new ...