A positive-thinking bison, oryx or black bear has a better chance of a full belly and long-term health than a neutral-thinking or pessimistic one according to newly published research from Tal Avgar ...

Marine birds inhabit dynamic oceanic environments where rising temperatures, shifting currents and altered prey distributions challenge their survival and reproductive success. These species employ ...

Unravelling the secrets of wild animals is one of the biggest challenges in ecology, with bio-logging (i.e., the use of animal-borne loggers or bio-loggers) playing a pivotal role in tackling this ...

While foraging, animals including humans and monkeys are continuously making decisions about where to search for food and when to move among possible sources of sustenance. "Foraging behavior is ...

A new animal-foraging model accurately predicts the dynamics of Egyptian fruit bats, allowing researchers to uncover a surprising phase transition in the penchant of animals to explore. Just as the ...

Valentin Dragoi professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rice University, professor of neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medical College and scientific director of the Methodist/Rice Center for ...

A new model for animal foraging considered 'valence-dependent optimism bias' -- a lopsided learning process in which information about bad outcomes is discounted or ignored. The model shows that when ...

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I have a porterweed plant in a pot on my patio. I can see it from my kitchen window. Each morning, a ruby-throated hummingbird visits the plant to feed on the pretty purple blooms. It’s a daily thing ...

I've been studying various aspects of animal behavior, especially in mammals, for many decades and have always felt uneasy about how cultural values have limited our true understanding of the dynamics ...