It's 2014, and as usual, my email inbox is loaded with interesting new stories about various aspects of animal behavior. Two studies recently caught my eye, and show how much we still have to learn ...

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As we enter the dog days of summer, people will try all sorts of things to escape the heat, from sweating in front of a fan to drinking a piping hot cup of tea (which actually does help). But body ...

Defecation is commonly treated as a universal feature of animal life, a visible outcome of digestion and metabolic turnover.

DEAR JOAN: I am trying to figure out what is pooping on my back lawn. It has been going on for the past two years. I don’t have any pets and our yard is completely fenced in. I do have a fish pond, ...