What looks like carelessly discarded trash might have become a survival strategy for urban birds like blue tits: cigarette butts in nests. But what does it mean for chicks when their home smells of ...

Watching reality TV could influence your life and how you interact with people more than you expect, says Lehigh University sociologist Danielle J. Lindemann.

Recent announcements by the US Government linking paracetamol use during pregnancy to autism in offspring highlight the risks of misinterpreting observational research to inform policy; this is a ...

Executive function skills are a set of inter-related processes that support attention, self-control, and goal-directed ...

Financial institutions face constant pressure to expand their product suite. But recent data suggests the answer isn’t more ...

Teachers can help students build their capacity to stay on task by ensuring that they have a clear path to start working, reasons to continue, and support when they lose focus.

People may think of survival as an individual act—every animal (and person) for themselves. But a new study from UCLA suggests that when it comes to facing hardship together, social groups may ...

For decades, birdsong research focused almost exclusively on males. In many species, however, females also sing. Now a study by researchers from the University of Vienna and Anglia Ruskin University ...

Scientists in Taiwan examined the brooding behavior and hatching patterns of bird-like but flightless oviraptors.