Nature does not reward politeness, and being a male or female doesn't change that rule either. Across the animal kingdom, the ...

Multicellularity is one of the most profound phenomena in biology, and relies on the ability of a single cell to reorganize ...

From strategic hunters to master problem solvers, intelligence in the wild is more impressive than you might think. In this A ...

The female red-sided garter snake, a species native to Manitoba, Canada, has no shortage of potential lovers. According to Christopher Friesen at the University of Wollongong in Australia, anywhere ...

We in the South love our animals. Many of us come from agricultural backgrounds , where animals were raised for provision and care of them was essenti ...

An elephant's trunk looks rugged, but it is also one of the most sensitive touch organs in the animal kingdom. New research reveals that this ...

Researchers have studied rat and mouse whiskers, but these key organs for elephants have been largely overlooked.

New research in the Strait of Gibraltar captured dozens of vocalizations from an endangered subpopulation of killer whales ...

Butterfly populations are declining at a rapid rate worldwide. Studies show that the total abundance of species in the United ...

The discovery of the long-snouted vine snake was a team effort, thanks to researchers Zeeshan Mirza, Soham Pattekar, Sourabh Verma, Bryan Stuart, Jayaditya Purkayastha, Pratyush Mohapatra, and Harshil ...

For Valentine’s Day, Tiergarten Schönbrunn invites couples to a special outing: With a 2-for-1 admission offer and a free tour about the love life of animals, February 14th is all about animal romance ...

It’s not considered polite to talk about it, but we all do it. Some of us are in and out so quickly that nobody would even ...