For decades, sharks have been cast as the ultimate solitary predators — cold, instinct-driven “killing machines” that roam the ocean alone. Species like the bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) were long ...

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 ...

How do brain regions communicate? Researchers introduce a new optogenetic method to target long-distance circuits in ...

In a breakthrough study, scientists have transferred a courtship behavior from one species to another, triggering the recipient to perform this completely foreign act as if it was its own. While genes ...

Researchers have discovered how networks of neurons in fruit flies transform simple brain signals into coordinated actions. This sheds light on the neural mechanisms underlying complex behaviors for ...

A sense of time is fundamental to how we understand, recall, and interact with the world. Tasks ranging from holding a conversation to driving a car require us to remember and perceive how long things ...

A team of researchers found that long-tie connections accelerate the speed of social contagion. Human beings are likely to adopt the thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors of those around them. Simple ...

Pretty much everyone has heard of sleepwalking – and some of us even do it from time to time. But sleep cooking and sleep driving? Engaging in such activities while not awake – a phenomenon known as ...

Despite advances in psychology, neuroscience, and biology, certain behaviors still leave scientists scratching their heads.