#animal-behavior

#animal-behavior

The clip shared on Instagram by zoologist and author Lucy Cooke and wildlife veterinarian Andrés Sáenz Bräutigam proves definitively that these adorable animals are just as gassy as any other mammal.

"Penguins are curious. When there are people, they're going to look," said P. Dee Boersma, a conservation biologist and professor at the University of Washington.

Long before our population began stockpiling an almost unimaginable array of items, animals evolved similar behaviors, though possibly for different reasons.

Dogs see the world in patterns. That's how we're able to train them, said Langan, who advises clients who lost their homes to establish new routines for their pets.

Scientists have categorized feline vocalizations into 20 groups, such as meows and purrs, and are exploring if cats have regional dialects like humans.

To better understand whether humans influenced the behavior, the team reviewed hundreds of hours of drone footage from other whale studies.

In mammals, good dads are the exception. Male leopards, bears, or cats have a habit of toddling off after mating and leaving the mothers to raise the kids.

Many animals spontaneously engage in artistic activities, demonstrating their creativity without the expectation of reward, highlighting their instinctual need to express themselves.

When it comes to hooking up, a male mantis has good reason to fear commitment.

The researcher Vladimir Dinets was surprised to observe that a young Cooper's hawk utilized traffic patterns to hide while hunting, marking a notable intelligence in raptors.

The perplexing baby-snatchings, reported in the journal Current Biology, suggest that humans aren't the only intelligent species with youngsters that pursue apparently pointless activities that can be destructive to other creatures.

The vibe between the two is likely hate, not love. The rat on the left is showing a classic submissive upright posture as the rat on the right approaches.

"All of their feeding behavior is so weird," says Steven Whitfield, the director of terrestrial and wetlands conservation at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, La.

Animals often act independently when group behavior is not in their best interest. This challenges the notion that instinct always governs behavior.

Though there are no official databases tallying up the number of humans killed by gorillas – or any other animal, for that matter – experts suggest that it's exceedingly rare for these 'gentle giants' to attack humans.

Ronan has shown sustained rhythmic ability across years, challenging the belief that only vocal learners like humans and parrots can keep a beat.

An adult male gorilla can weigh over 400 pounds. They have razor sharp canines and are rippling with muscle.

In Wolcott, Connecticut, three bears were seen playing in a children's play area, with footage capturing their antics on playground equipment before they wandered off into the woods.

Over many generations - through deliberate selection, crossing and interbreeding - humans 'created' the domesticated creatures we have and use today.