Family Ties Give Animals Reasons to ‘Help or Harm’ as They Age
Researchers build and test model on how behavior changes with age
Behavioral Sciences
The Bolder Bird Gets (and Keeps) the Girl
WHOI study links personality and divorce rates for the first time in animals
Local Food Boon Spurred by Pandemic May Be Short-Lived, New Research Reports
Rise in local food sales during the pandemic is not a reflection of permanent changes in consumer behavior
Risk of Rejecting Conspiracy Theories Could Play Key Role in Their Propagation
Study examines the factors our brain weighs when deciding whether to believe a conspiracy theory or not
Scientists Study Tourists to Protect Great Apes
Tourists' willingness to comply with disease prevention measures can help protect great apes
Dolphins Form Largest Alliance Network outside Humans, Study Finds
Forming these cooperative groups could increase access to contested resources
Getting Less Sleep Makes People Less Likely to Help Others
The decision to help people depends on sleep at individual, group, and even societal levels
Random Acts of Kindness Make a Bigger Splash than Expected
Researchers find that people often underestimate how good acts of kindness make other feel
How Society Thinks about Risk
Psychologists have developed a new method of determining how risk is perceived within a society
Swans Sacrifice Rest to Squabble
Swans give up resting time to fight over the best feeding spots