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Humans have climbed to the top of the food chain by skillfully hunting, trapping, and fishing for other animals at scales that far exceed other predators, altering how the animals behave and earning ...

Crocodile experts responded to recent viral footage of a saltwater crocodile waving its feet in the air in a way that looks like a drowning human Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has ...

When biologists study cooperation in animals, they usually offer just a single task at a time. But what happens when animals ...

Just recently, several wild foxes were discovered living in Baltimore's Roland Park. It was believed that the foxes had ...

I receive versions of the following questions every spring and summer as people begin to have more interactions with our native wildlife.

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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 ...