SHARON LEVY: Behavioral ecologists Liana Zanette and Michael Clinchy,… both at the University of Western Ontario,… study what they call the ecology of fear, which combines the psychology of trauma with the behavioral ecology of fear in wild animals. They’ve found that fear of predators can cause other wild mammals and songbirds to bear and … Continue reading PRIMAL FEAR: Many animals show lasting changes in behavior and physiology after a traumatic experience