Empathy in animals encompasses a range of processes whereby individuals perceive, share, and respond to the emotional states of conspecifics, often leading to demonstrably prosocial behaviours.

Recent studies reveal that changes in gene regulation, not just gene sequences, are crucial for the evolution of animal ...

A long-term study in Fiji shows they form preferred social relationships, avoid certain individuals, and change how social ...

An Instagram post went viral for showing a pufferfish getting "high" off of pufferfish toxins. Read here to learn more.

A friend of mine recently sent me a beautiful and moving photo essay published by Isa Leshko capturing the "beauty and dignity of elderly animals" "in their winter years". As I looked at each of the ...

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 ...

Cities profoundly shape how animals interact with one another. A new comprehensive review by researchers at Bielefeld University shows that urbanisation alters animal social behaviour – from mate ...

What do the like button and the frowny-face emojis do to our thought processes? Just to float a hypothesis, I would imagine that these digital punishments and rewards have a homogenizing social effect ...

Crying is one of the most recognizable human emotional signals. Tears appear when people experience grief, relief, joy, or ...