Behavior

Ants’ tactics to avoid traffic jams could be applied to future self-driving cars

A rare and deliberate signal between a mother chimpanzee and her daughter raises new questions about ape communication, culture and the meaning of sharing a language

The winter solstice is the culmination of a period every year when each cell in our body literally craves more light

Culture may play a role in how birds build collectively in the Kalahari Desert

Social wasps can hold their liquor

Certain values carry more weight in spring and autumn than in summer and winter

In online forums the term “cuck” has become synonymous with “sucker” and “loser.” But this use distorts its history and meaning, creating a baseless moral panic that harms both women and science

Study links choking under pressure to the brain region that controls movement

A new book about the art and science of listening explores our sonic universe

From lifesaving cancer treatments and frog “spas” to a view of the cosmos from your own backyard, science can keep you going through the long, hot days of summer

How falling cats, slithering snakes, burrowing prairie dogs and more exploit the laws of physics

Games have captivated people since ancient times. Now they run our lives