Every year, researchers and people out in nature capture some aspect of animal behavior that’s unusual or unexpected in some way, changing how we understand the natural world. Here are five such ...

Animal behaviour often appears strange when viewed through a human lens, yet careful research frequently reveals that unusual actions serve clear biological functions. In 2025, several peer-reviewed ...

Why city wildlife around the world act the same and what this behavioral shift means for conservation and human-animal ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) This brazen behavior isn’t normal for most species in the countryside, yet it shows up ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Daniel T. Blumstein, University of California, Los Angeles; Peter Mikula, and Piotr ...