Wild animals are not just inhabitants of the natural world. Many also act as natural landscape engineers, reshaping Earth's ...

In a new study, Northwestern University neurobiologists discovered that gut bacteria and the nose work together to shape ...

Anyone who has spent time with a baby knows how unpredictable the first year can feel. One week a baby suddenly seems to "get ...

Ravens have long been thought to follow wolves to find food, but new research shows they’re far more strategic. By tracking ...

Dogs Know Their People ​Dogs are arguably the most iconic example of animals that can identify individual humans, but their [ ...

The bluestreak cleaner wrasse passed an ape-level mirror test, challenging how we measure animal minds across the tree of life.

Although dogs were the first animals to be domesticated by humans, other animals have been cooperating with people in mutually beneficial relationships for over one million years. In one example, in ...

Scientists in Italy captured a red fox entering a den as part of a project to understand wolf population dynamics in the country. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

CAMPBELL COUNTY, Ky. (WKRC) - A dog capturing the hearts of so many is running out of lifelines. Duke, a bully mix, was saved from being euthanized by an upswell of support from the community. An ...

Scientists have recorded same-sex behavior across many animal groups, including mammals, birds, and reptiles. Still, the meaning of that behavior depends on the species and the context. Behavior that ...

Life began in the sea, and it took a long time to move onto land. Plants started creeping ashore about 475 million years ago. Roughly 100 million years later, the first backboned animals followed. For ...