Monogamy, in the animal kingdom, is genuinely rare. It is not the default setting of nature. Most species spread their ...

The question of what non-human animals experience is front and center in the zeitgeist. The acclaimed book An Immense World, by science journalist Ed Yong, delves into the remarkable sensory ...

If you know anything about the experiences of animals reared in captivity for food, fur or human amusement, you might imagine that the lives of wild animals are idyllic. If nature is conceived as a ...

A spectacular fossil site in Canada contains 567-million-year-old creatures that may represent some of the earliest animals to move, reproduce sexually, and develop recognizable body plans. The ...

Source: Vincent M.A. Janssen/Pexels. Many of the nonhuman animals (animals) with whom we share our homes and other landscapes are often mistakenly written off as being unimportant and disposable ...

Even solitary animals, like the octopus, learn survival tricks from other animals. Olga Visavi/Shutterstock Many animals live in groups. One of the main benefits of this is shared knowledge. This ...

Devon Ritter from the Memphis Zoo explores animal habitats. Devon Ritter from the Memphis Zoo explores animal habitats. She explains how the natural resources of the savannah, wetlands, rainforest, ...

The newly discovered fossil records suggest that mold-like single-cell organisms "set the stage" for the animal kingdom to evolve, the researchers wrote in a new report, published in the journal ...

Almost everyone who chooses to live with a companion animal (a.k.a. "pet") of any species will, at some time, face having to care for a sick, terminally ill, or dying individual. There are better and ...