bioRxiv Animal Behavior and Cognition

Contact calling is predicted by cooperative relationships in vampire bats https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.04.709596v1

Grounding olfactory perception in language: Benchmarks and models for generating natural language odor descriptions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.04.709650v1

BEEhaviourLab: A high-throughput platform for sublethal stressor screening in insects https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.03.709383v1

Post-fledging space use and survival in hand-reared versuswild juvenile herring gulls https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.03.709292v1

Acquisition and extinction of drug-context memories are linked to distinct epigenetic and transcriptional mechanisms in the mouse dentate gyrus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.02.708528v1

Genetic ablation of visual perception reveals behaviour changes in male and female malaria mosquitoes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.03.709228v1

A Multidimensional Framework for Behavioral Persistence: Dissociable Dimensions of Effort, Endurance, and Sequence Stability in Mice https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.02.709169v1

From wag to affect: Tail kinematic signatures of canine emotional states in computer-controlled environments https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.01.708848v1

Safety Signals Enable Single-Episode Active Avoidance paradigm and Expose Threat Generalization in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.28.708704v1

Music exposure reduces anxiety- and depression-like behavior in rodents: a systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.27.708573v1

Reproducible social phenotyping of 5xFAD mice in the Agora maze (Sociobox) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.27.708222v1

Voluntary wheel running provides pain relief but transiently exacerbates gait impairments in male and female mice with unilateral osteoarthritis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.27.708530v1

In vitro fertilisation procedure assisted with computer vision models for organic Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) culture https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.26.707220v1

Between Behaviors: Comparison of Two Dynamical Models of Behavioral Switching for extit{C. Elegans} Locomotion https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.26.708303v1

Orca vowels and consonants: convergent spectral structures across cetacean and human speech https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.27.708287v1

Development of cognition in corvids https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.27.708529v1

Maternal preconception calorie restriction reprograms coping strategies, socio-sexual behaviour, and endocrine function in adult rat offspring https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.25.706709v1

Vampire bats target their social grooming to hard-to-reach body parts https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.25.707567v1

Impacts of vessel noise on red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) spawning choruses in Saint Andrew Bay, Florida, U.S.A. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.25.708057v1

Bright Days Buffer Nighttime Light: Daytime Illumination Shapes Sex Differences in Sleep and Circadian Regulation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.25.707542v1

Unconstrained dosing agar (UDA) Reduces Stress in Mouse Oral Administration https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.25.707935v1

Early ingestive experience with a high-fat diet tunes satiation and nutrient-specific appetitive behaviors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.24.707784v1

Chronic neuropathic pain alters reversal learning without generally impacting sucrose self-administration in mice https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.24.707747v1

A Scalable Touchscreen-Based Spatial Working Memory Task for Cross-Species Research https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.24.707827v1

Using machine learning to automate the analysis of an olfactory habituation-dishabituation task in mice https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.24.706573v1

Inhibitory Control, Shifting, and Working Memory Updating Domains form Cognitive Phenotypes in Non-human Primates https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.24.707708v1

Neuroprotective Effect of Combined Pomegranate and Candesartan Therapy Against Chronic Cerebral Ischemia in Rats. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.23.707366v1

Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) selected for high social motivation rely on conspecifics for buffering but not learning in sociocognitive tasks https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.22.707340v1

Intentional control of instrumental punishment https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.22.707274v1

A method for assessing approach and avoidance behavior across multiple olfactory stimuli in mice including multivariate hypothesis comparisons https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.21.707096v1