Behavior

Long thought to be loners, male African elephants turn out to have surprisingly rich social lives

Snoring indicates oxygen reduction, but a variety of treatments can restore healthy airflow

This discovery adds to a growing list of how animals talk with their urine

A new study finds that when young kids find loopholes, or sneaky work-arounds, for instructions, they must apply advanced social and language skills

From job interviews to dating, we subconsciously judge one another based on sound quality when we interact digitally

Three studies show that a mouse will try to rouse an unconscious companion

Neuroscientist Lore Thaler speaks about her efforts to make echolocation training more accessible

Ants’ tactics to avoid traffic jams could be applied to future self-driving cars

A rare and deliberate signal between a mother chimpanzee and her daughter raises new questions about ape communication, culture and the meaning of sharing a language

The winter solstice is the culmination of a period every year when each cell in our body literally craves more light

Culture may play a role in how birds build collectively in the Kalahari Desert

Social wasps can hold their liquor