Behavior

When more humans are added to a team, each member accomplishes less work—but teams of weaver ants do better and better as more join

These dogs can extend words to new objects based on function the way children do in early language learning

A new preprint field study reveals that New York City’s rats aren’t just survivors—they’re talkative city dwellers with their own hidden nightlife. Mapping their movements and conversations could offer insights to transform urban planning and pest control

Winning more than $1 billion in Powerball is an exciting possibility, but keeping a cool math mind can help you decide whether that opportunity is worth your $2 bet

Our social voyeurism may have deep evolutionary roots

Telling people exactly how voting security works helps defeat election misinformation, experiments suggest. But outside experts question how well that works in the real world

Without a venomous bite, some spiders use a disturbing second option to prepare their food

Scientists have captured the first videos of wild roundworms forming living, wriggling towers that behave as one big superorganism

Fifty years ago the movie Jaws scared beachgoers and demonized sharks. Now, however, the public is evolving a better understanding

Scientists identified four arm wave signals cuttlefish use: “up,” “side,” “roll” and “crown”

Baby warty birch caterpillars vibrate when threatened—before swinging away like Spider-Man

In general, crowds like to form lanes to get across—until too many people go in too many different directions