How exactly does a newly-hatched spider weave a perfect web that is characteristic of his or her species—without ever even having seen such a web, let alone having been trained to spin one? How do ...

Call it instinct, but something compels some animals to behave in certain ways, perhaps programs in their genes. Researchers have directly connected activities of genes with instinctive behavior in ...

Dogs communicate primarily through their behavior, and what might seem annoying at first glance often has a deeper meaning. Experts in canine behavior explain that these actions are rooted in instinct ...

A stroll through the world of animals and men : a picture book of invisible worlds / Jakob von Uexküll -- Companionship in bird life : fellow members of the species as releasers of social behavior / ...

I am a research assistant in Prof. Yang’s lab. My research focuses on how the brain organizes instinctive behaviors and emotional responses, and how dysfunctions in these fundamental systems lead to ...

Tampa, Fla (Nov. 6, 2025) — An international research team that includes USF Health researcher Dr. Yong Xu and two colleagues from Great Britain has been awarded a European Research Council Synergy ...

Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Center (SWC) at University College London have uncovered a neural mechanism in the brains of mice that enables the animals to overcome instinctive fears. The ...

Charles Darwin was born in 1809. He revolutionized evolutionary studies with his theory of natural selection. His ground-breaking work, first formulated privately and later published in "On the Origin ...

Self-harming behaviors such as nail biting and hair pulling out when we feel anxious are common in humans, and experts say these behaviors are 'a defense mechanism in the brain that prevents greater ...