The Bighorn Sheep walks confidently through the rocky terrain, its curved horns a symbol of strength and resilience. Adapted ...

The coffee-eating elephants developed a unique microbial community. Specifically, researchers found a surge in Acinetobacter bacteria—a group known for hanging out on coffee beans—suggesting the beans ...

Joy—fleeting woo-hoo moments like "catching the perfect wave"—is felt by many diverse animals, and researchers want to know how they express it in various situations and why.

Research suggests that dolphins develop a lifelong vocal “name.” Here’s how they evolved this high level of social identity, once thought to be uniquely human.

Using” Wolf Seeing a gray wolf haul a crab trap out of the ocean looks like a scene from a science documentary that forgot ...

Shortly after her arrival last fall, Amelia Gray met Hudson, and the pair hit it off immediately. They touched their noses ...

Several years ago, scientists discovered that a single microscopic particle could rock back and forth on its own under a ...

In 2019, the EPA called for a 30% decrease in animal testing by 2025, and a total phase-out by 2035. The agency under the ...

The animals' extended lower jaws were seemingly made for scooping, but research over the past few decades has found they ...

Brookfield Zoo, which has cared for generations of polar bears, hopes to offer guidelines for an area where mothers den at ...

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

After reviewing recent genetic, morphological, and biogeographic studies on giraffes, scientists have now split the single ...