Top neuroscience labs are adapting new and unexpected tools to gain a deeper understanding of how mice, and ultimately humans, react to different drug treatments. By Peter Hess Published Jan 10, 2024 ...

In the natural world -- where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity -- animal behavior is glorious in its variety. Now, new research suggests there may be an ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a 3D imaging method to precisely map and categorize the social behavior of animals. By quantitatively measuring the movements, interactions, and ...

Pattern images merge outlines of an organism’s position at different timepoints to depict movement, providing a still image that increases LabGym’s accuracy in recognizing behavior types. Shown are ...

A new study tracing the evolution of same-sex sexual behavior in mammals, using phylogenetic analyses, suggests these behaviors may have evolved in part to strengthen social bonding and relationships.

On Aug. 21, 2017, a solar eclipse shrouded The Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia, South Carolina, in near-total darkness for 2½ minutes. In the time leading up to the darkness, during it, and ...