Animal-human interactions have been found to have positive influences on children across the world. In particular, research supports the benefits of animal-assisted activities in addressing students' ...

Egyptian fruit bats and mice, respectively, can 'sync' brainwaves in social situations. The synchronization of neural activity in the brains of human conversation partners has been shown previously, ...

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual ...

Animals that live near human activity are becoming nocturnal just to avoid us, and the implications for ecosystems around the world could be huge. A team of researchers conducted a meta-analysis which ...

Lions and tigers and bears are increasingly becoming night owls because of us, a new study says. Scientists have long known that human activity disrupts nature. Besides becoming more vigilant and ...

Animals that migrate face myriad threats to their survival, all of which have a common denominator: human activity. That’s according to a first-of-its-kind report published Monday by the Convention on ...

Scientists have analysed for the first time the amount by which human activity forces animals to alter their movements. What's surprising is that episodic activity - like hunting, oil pipeline ...