News tagged with destructive behaviors

Chronic stress in elephants can affect long-term behavior

Stress is known to lead to short-term escape behavior, and new research on elephants in South Africa shows that it can also cause long-term escape behavior, affecting the extent that elephants use their habitat. The work ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research shows crows comparable to humans when it comes to waiting

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new study published in Royal Society's Biology Letters, researchers have discovered that crows and raven birds show the same ability to complete delayed exchange tasks as monkeys and hu ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast weblog

Standardized violence-prevention programs may not prevent teen fighting, findings suggest

UT Southwestern Medical Center investigators have uncovered new insights on adolescent fighting: what triggers it, and how to stem it.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 17, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Vet says owners should exercise with their dogs based on specific needs to prevent obesity

People and their dogs both need physical activity to fight obesity, and there are many exercises that owner and pet can do together that can improve their health and their relationship, according to a Kansas State University ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Parkinson's disease medication triggers destructive behaviors

A new study conducted at Mayo Clinic reports that one in six patients receiving therapeutic doses of certain drugs for Parkinson's disease develops new-onset, potentially destructive behaviors, notably compulsive gambling ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0