Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have discovered sophisticated behavioral strategies that enable parasitic crickets to survive within ant colonies. Led by Ryoya Tanaka, the team documented ...

Some slimy sea creatures have a very strange way of escaping predators, even after they've been swallowed. Baby Japanese eels have been spotted escaping from the stomachs of fish that have eaten them ...

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When a fruit fly detects an approaching predator, it takes just a fraction of a second to launch itself into the air and soar gracefully to safety—but there's not always time for that. Some threats ...

Some behaviours that are crucial to survival appear to be hard-wired, meaning that they occur without previous experience. For example, many prey organisms naturally know how to escape to safety from ...

An impala runs away from a cheetah. Valerio Ferraro / REDA&CO / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Survival of the fittest often means survival of the fastest. But fastest doesn’t necessarily ...

Australian researchers have discovered that sleepy lizards (Tiliqua rugosus) can recognize the smell of smoke as a sign of approaching fire and attempt to escape, but they do not respond to the sound ...

Experts weigh in about patterns of escape behavior displayed by a wide variety of animals A recent book edited by Drs. William Cooper, Jr. and Daniel Blumstein (who was an undergraduate student of ...

Shame is often the hidden culprit behind self-destructive compulsive behaviors, addictions, and social avoidance. It can also be the root of other less conspicuously self-defeating problems such as ...