For decades, sharks have been cast as the ultimate solitary predators — cold, instinct-driven “killing machines” that roam the ocean alone. Species like the bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) were long ...

Despite advances in psychology, neuroscience, and biology, certain behaviors still leave scientists scratching their heads.

Pretty much everyone has heard of sleepwalking – and some of us even do it from time to time. But sleep cooking and sleep driving? Engaging in such activities while not awake – a phenomenon known as ...

A sense of time is fundamental to how we understand, recall, and interact with the world. Tasks ranging from holding a conversation to driving a car require us to remember and perceive how long things ...

In a breakthrough study, scientists have transferred a courtship behavior from one species to another, triggering the recipient to perform this completely foreign act as if it was its own. While genes ...

Researchers have discovered how networks of neurons in fruit flies transform simple brain signals into coordinated actions. This sheds light on the neural mechanisms underlying complex behaviors for ...

Feeding is a complex behavior driven by the interaction between circuits that regulate homeostatic, hedonic, and emotional ...