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For many years, it was my tradition as a reporter to compile a list of self-help books in January to help readers of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution get their New Year’s resolutions off to a winning start.

Psychologists believe our style of social media usage has essential effects on our psychological well-being, but we’ve struggled to measure people’s online behavior accurately – until now.

Whether fly or human, fleeing from danger is key to staying alive. Scientists are beginning to unravel the complex circuitry behind the split-second decision to beat a hasty retreat.

Want to learn how to stop a dog from jumping up? An expert shares four helpful tips, plus why they do it.

When the state’s wildlife department flung the first handful of lettuce to a starving manatee in the Indian River a year ago, it was an act of desperation driven by a catastrophic die-off and violating an environmental golden rule that animal behavior should not be messed with that way.

A leopard that attacked 15 people in India was captured in video displaying its aggressive behavior by attacking a van.

For thirty years, teens have been engaging in less risky behavior. Researchers aren't sure why

New research on chimpanzees in Africa suggests that bipedal behaviors evolved differently than previously believed

There's a moment early in the first season of "Emily in Paris," Netflix's colorful fish-out-of-water comedy about a bright-eyed American marketing executive abroad, when our protagonist's frosty, intimidating, effortlessly chic Parisian boss, Sylvie Grateau, called out the heroine's cliched behavior — and arguably established herself as the show's most interesting…

The AMCHA Initiative discovered that such policies are not as robust in their protections as policies to protect minorities.

The mortgage executive has agreed to buy a majority stake in the NBA and WNBA teams from Robert Sarver, who is serving a one-year ban from suspension after a report on his toxic behavior.