Animals

Insect Smart Homes Could Help Save One Critical Creature From Climate Peril

Did Raccoon Dogs Spread Covid-19? What the New Genetic Reports Really Tell Us

Ants Rely On A Unique Skill To Find Friends Among Trillions of Foes
How Poisonous Are Blowfish? A Fish Biologist Reveals the Truth About The Deadly Delicacy
One Essential Ecosystem Is Rapidly Disappearing from Earth, Study Reveals
These Tool-Wielding Monkeys Shed Light on a Huge Evolutionary Mystery
Bees and Babies Have One Important Thing in Common
This Is the Most Complex Reconstruction of a Brain Ever — And It's Tiny
Why Bringing Grey Wolves Back to Colorado Offers Surprising Benefits
Coral and Other Marine Animals Have a Surprising Tie to the Moon
5,000-year-old Skeletons May Be World’s First Equestrians, Study Finds
Flamingos’ Social Lives are Full of Cliques, New Study Reveals
Bear and Lion Attacks May Become More Common — A New Paper Reveals Why
Insects That Fling Pee Out of Their Butts Could Inspire Future Technology
Can Cats Tell Time? Yes, But It's Complicated
Camel and Shark Blood Could Help Treat Elusive Human Diseases
A New Drug Could Help People With a Rare Disease Grow Longer Limbs
Forever Chemicals May Endanger Hundreds of Iconic Species Worldwide
Antidepressants Help People — But May Have a Negative Ecological Effect
Cows Could Hasten the Demise the UK and Ireland’s Secret Rainforests
Lab-Bred Mosquitos Could Slow the Spread of a Deadly Human Disease
New Zealand’s Plan to Tax Cow Burps Misses a Crucial Point
Is Bird Flu A Danger To Humans? Here’s What Scientists Know Right Now
Biologists Just Unlocked How Octopuses Hunt With Deadly Precision
Insect Bites Reveal the Origins of an Elusive Plant Behavior
Birds Use One Surprising Survival Tactic — And It Could Benefit Us All
Pigeons and Computers Have One Surprising Thing in Common, Study Reveals
A Biotech Company Wants to Resurrect an Iconic Species — Will It Work?
Scientists mapped the brain circuitry involved in pleasurable touch in mice
The Plague Is Still Here — And It Could Infect Your Cat
Study: Some Vikings Brought Horses and Dogs To Britain
Look! Five New Snake Species Discovered in a Habitat Devastated by Mining
How can I protect my pet from coyotes? Experts explain the best defense
Clean energy farms may endanger birds and bats — the remains can reveal a solution
Lab-grown chicken could hit store shelves soon — here's how it tastes
Look: Ancient mammal shows how modern animals could survive climate change
Look: Pterosaur ate like a whale with a mouth full of hooked teeth
Elephants could be key to saving the planet — here’s why
Plague study complicates a commonly held belief about the Black Death
Cannibal insects, carnivorous plants: 12 stunning shots from a close-up photography competition
Almost half of land animals will soon face extreme heat — here's why that's so scary
Why can’t I understand my dog? Recent research may offer an answer
3D-printed “organs” could lead to better drugs
Is your dog right or left-pawed? One factor could determine their dominant hand
'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' could be the reboot the franchise needs
Listen: Dolphins "scream" to each other over human-made noise pollution
One creature’s live fast, live long lifestyle may reveal how to slow aging
NASA deploys SPORT CubeSat and more: Understand the world through 8 images
Can dogs and cats get a cold? An animal expert explains how to protect your pet
Medieval manuscripts reveal why humans loved cats — with one big exception