Someone told you to stop being so defensive. Your response? "I'm not defensive." Wait, was that a defensive statement? It may well have been. Defensiveness is common, but it's not always the best ...

Have you ever wondered why birds puff out their necks when they’re scared or threatened? What about other methods birds use to defend themselves against predators? In this article, we’ll discuss why ...

Japanese honey bees are known to use their wings to protect their hives from intruding ants, but detailed observations of this behavior and its ecological significance have not been previously ...

Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence Collective Behavior at the University of Konstanz have discovered that honey bees from the same colony have different preferences in terms of defensive ...

Bumble bees respond to physical disturbance of their nest with a sequence of defensive behaviors that lasts up to 10 minutes, according to a study by Sajedeh Sarlak at the University of Konstanz, ...

We’ve all crossed paths with a “difficult” employee: the kind of colleague who ignores directions, rebuffs the input of their team and might carry an air of negativity with them, too. While working ...

Associate Professor, Center for the Neurobiology of Stress Resilience and Psychiatric Disorders, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, The Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin ...