bioRxiv Animal Behavior and Cognition

Surface texture guides egg-laying decisions in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.08.710377v1

Microplastics influence size-selected zebrafish behaviour https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.06.710120v1

Detrimental effects of atomoxetine on visual signal detection in rats: Comparison with ADHD psychomotor stimulant drugs https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.06.710082v1

Sound-evoked facial motion in ferrets: evidence for species differences in sensorimotor coupling https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.09.710529v1

Rejuvenation of the Aged Cerebrovascular System via Protein Corona-Guided Fusogenic Liposome Delivery https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.05.709925v1

Cannabidiol dose modulates behavioral response to acute and repeated administration of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol by strain and sex https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.05.709920v1

Bumble bees that follow a stricter routine innovate less: Foraging behaviors, environmental complexity, and how they relate to novel problem solving https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.06.710156v1

Intergenerational shifts in innate odour preferences upon odour injections in Bicyclus anynana butterfly larvae https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.06.710244v1

Cognitive capacity shapes both the "whether" and "how" of social learning https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.07.710273v1

Cognitive capacity and control in the evolution of intelligence https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.07.710317v1

Control of wildtype zebrafish optomotor response with a photoswitchable drug https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.05.709743v1

The Role of Magnetic and Celestial Cues in Orientation and Navigation of Red Underwing (Catocala nupta), a European Migratory Moth https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.04.709557v1

Space-number association in zebrafish https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.04.709503v1

Different Paradigms from Computer Vision Align with Human Assessment of the Mouse Grimace Scale https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.04.709492v1

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