GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Risky human behavior, not aggression by alligators, is the leading cause of alligator bites, according to a groundbreaking study by scientists at the University of Florida and ...

A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...

A Rochester Institute of Technology professor has earned a prestigious National Science Foundation award to use computers to better understand human behavior and social interaction. Ifeoma Nwogu, an ...

Are helicopter parents the reason kids don’t turn rebellious until their teenage years, when they finally get some autonomy?

Statistics suggest that the size of families in many countries is shrinking and a growing number of parents worldwide either willingly or unwillingly end up only having one child. While many ...

A University of Florida study has determined the top cause of alligator bites in Florida, and it’s probably not a surprise to anyone who’s set foot in the state. Researchers found that “risky human ...

Carnivores, typically more active at night, became more active during the day when tourists were present. Herbivores, in response, shifted their waterhole visits to nighttime, potentially increasing ...

While the study focused on mice, the findings could shed light on human interactions and the neuronal pathways that affect our behavior. “You may think that being dominant in the animal kingdom is all ...

The act of kissing may have started long before modern humans existed, a new modeling study suggests. Kissing stretches back roughly 21 million years, to the shared ancestor of humans and other large ...

There’s multi-hyphenates, and then there’s Dr. Cameron Parker. He’s the executive director of Student Affairs at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy. He’s also an author, actor, athlete and ...