Across the world, certain animals are still relied upon to perform skilled labor essential to human activity. These roles ...

Just as humans have historically gathered during winter, many animals do the same. Animals may not be exchanging presents or ...

A viral video of a man’s painful porcupine encounter becomes a lesson in wildlife behavior and safety. Learn how porcupine quills work, why handling wild animals is dangerous, and what this accidental ...

Dogs and cats don’t just communicate with their tails; they have other ways that allow humans to understand the emotions they ...

Shankland's award-winning interdisciplinary book examines our dominance of and affection for animals and how empathy toward ...

Animals that navigate extreme conditions and environments have evolved to sleep in extreme ways — for example, stealing seconds at a time during around-the-clock parenting, getting winks on the wing ...

It’s not entirely clear why animals respond to music, explain our readers, but it could remind them of the wild ...

Great apes are humans' closest relatives in the animal kingdom. As much as 98.8% of their DNA is shared, but while the number ...

The Trump administration launched a strike force targeting animal cruelty. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced designated ...

You probably do not think of animals as bullies, but the behavior shows up more often than you might expect. Scientists have ...

Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is slated to be a universal animal language translator, thus you can speak with your favorite pet, such as a lovable dog. In today’s column, I explore a touted ...