LAUREL, Md. (WUSA9) -- Competing for the best parking spot might not be the smartest strategy. Psychologists who have studied parking behavior on the busiest shopping days say often the people who ...

Staying away from those with contagious infections, no matter how lonely it gets, may not only be common sense, but a natural instinct. But that doesn't mean humans or animals will automatically fall ...

Animals often show that the instinct for connection and meaning is not unique to humans by displaying behaviors that feel deeply symbolic. Sometimes, these behaviors resemble human rituals that give ...

But the researchers cautioned that the work could not shed much light on sexual orientation in humans. By Carl Zimmer In more than 1,500 animal species, from crickets and sea urchins to bottlenose ...

Many people have seen dogs fetch, but cats like to get into the game too. Despite their very different hunting and play styles, fetching appears to combine elements of predatory and social behavior ...