In the past, many scientists believed that only mammals and birds could feel or think in complex ways. Reptiles, fish, and insects were seen as simple creatures that reacted purely on instinct. But ...

From schools of fish darting away from sharks to flocks of starlings swirling through the sky, the animal kingdom is full of ...

Animal tongues are more than just for tasting. Giraffe tongues grab leaves, even thorny ones. Pangolin tongues, starting in ...

Eagles are incredible birds with extremely strong talons. Part of their carnivore diet includes fish, meaning they use their ...

The Animal Kingdom Foundation (AKF) and the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) of the Department of Agriculture (DA-NFRDI) have forged ties to integrate fish welfare ...

As Ed Yong notes in his book An Immense World, every animal lives in its own sensory bubble defined by its way of perceiving the world around it (SN: 7/16/22 & 7/30/22, p. 36).

Given that fish have existed for 530 million years or so, it should come as no surprise that sediment from around the globe is chock-full of fish tooth fossils. But good luck spotting them in the ...

The Biggest Myths About Motherhood in the Animal Kingdom 7 minute read A four-week-old baboon hangs from its mother at the zoo in Cali, Colombia on May 20, 2022.