On World Animal Day (October 4th 2026) we reflect on animal rights legislation, emerging conservation technologies, and ...

Inside the twisting tunnels of Mammoth Cave, the world’s largest cave system, scientists have uncovered fossilized remains of ...

Chimpanzee and bonobo mothers have been observed carrying their deceased infants on their backs for years. Why does this ...

Discover the macabre process zombie flies stage to lay eggs in bees, which alters their behavior and eventually kills them.

Forget the quarterback. The most entertaining player on the field apparently came out of the woods. In the video above, a ...

The octopus rarely stays the same shape or color for long. In the wild, its ability to disappear against a shimmering coral ...

Researchers initially mistook a previously undescribed egg-eating snake species for a known species. What revealed its true ...

A whole-lake experiment reveals that a common wastewater pollutant can dramatically alter the behavior of wild male fathead ...

Summer the dog spotted a crab in the yard and moved in for a closer look, which would have been fine if the crab had not already found something to hold in its claw.

The nine-banded armadillo does not appear to be built for water, and science supports this. Its specific gravity is approximately 1.06, which essentially means it is denser than water and sinks with ...

We explain how the Indian Queenless ant species has a single reproductive female who mutilates her sisters to remove the competition!

A lucky find of fossilized dinosaur poop in eastern Montana gave scientists their first look at which birds may have survived ...