For a long time, people saw the animal world as a place where only the fastest, strongest, and most aggressive survived. But years of watching animals in the wild are showing a more complex story. In ...

For conservation scientists at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, helping animals “swipe right” on the best mate is all in a day’s work. With a mission to save animal ...

Animals don’t wear watches, but they may be able to keep track of time. Learn how they do it. Do nonhuman animals live in a kind of eternal present, or are they aware of the passage of time? That ...