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Labrador owners can finally stop feeling guilty for overfeeding.
They say you can identify the leopard by its spots, but as it turns out, you can also identify it through its unique roar. Leopards, notoriously difficult to monitor due to their elusive nature, could soon be tracked using passive acoustic recorders paired with AI-based analysis. Leopard populations face significant challenges, with their ranges shrinking […]
Just like some of us enjoy rusk dipped in coffee or tea, intelligent cockatoos delight in eating rusk dipped in water.
Reuniting as mates, they’ve not only adapted to the wild but sparked new hope for the survival of Amur tigers.
Contrary to Cope's Rule, today's animals, including polar bears, are shrinking due to climate change and human impacts.
Move over, Rudolph—Santa’s sleigh team might just be a league of extraordinary females.
As climate change and human development reshape the Arctic, reindeer face unprecedented challenges.
In the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, worms show no genetic damage despite living in highly radioactive soil, and free-ranging dogs persist despite contamination.
Velvet ants, actually flightless wasps, boast an ultrablack exoskeleton thanks to dense nanostructures.
California ground squirrels surprise scientists with their newly discovered taste for mammalian flesh.
Somewhere within the heart, there may be a "little brain".
The surprising way crocodile scales form offers a glimpse into how evolution works beyond genes.
A new study reveals how urban noise pollutes more than just the environment — it affects our mood and mental health.
Dogs have been successfully trained to detect one of the most common dog cancers with 92% specificity.
Dophins have been found with several drugs, including fentanyl, in their fat reserves.
You ever got so crazy you started wearing a salmon as a hat?
Orcas have been observed launching synchronized attacks hunting whale sharks for the first time.
How the recent ‘orca uprisings’ discourse anthropomorphizes animals.
What happens when a highly social creature like a bottlenose dolphin is left utterly alone? Delle, a solitary dolphin in Denmark, may be showing us.
Factory farming has made us think of chickens as mindless automata. But our downy friends know much more than we give them credit for.
Prison dairy farms may hold the key to reducing recidivism by teaching inmates empathy, care, and self-regulation through hands-on work with animals.
Take a closer look at your hands—they carry millions of years of evolutionary history, connecting you to our closest primate relatives.
In a recent podcast appearance, Musk spread climate misinformation.
Elephants seem to not only know how to use the hose, but also how to intentionally interfere with others using it.
If you think it's tough to sleep on land, try sleeping in the sea.
Imagine it’s a crisp and sunny fall morning. You just left your local coffee shop, ready to start your day. Out of the corner of your eye, you catch a glimpse of something moving in the bushes. Is it a squirrel stashing acorns for the winter? A robin fattening up for migration? As you get […]
Researchers train African giant pouched rats to sniff out smuggled species.
Ethanol is more than a human invention. New research reveals how animals across ecosystems encounter and adapt to ethanol.
Scientists may have now found the genes that enable tardigrades' amazing ability to withstand powerful radiation.
When researchers first laid their hands on a newly discovered frog deep in Panama’s forests, they were in for a surprise. The small, golden amphibian left a lasting impression—literally. As they handled the frog, its bright yellow pigment rubbed off onto their skin, leaving their fingers stained with the same hue that gives this remarkable […]
Cats use a mix of strategies when deciding whether to pass through a space and it suggests some self-awareness.
U.S. researchers found microplastic particles in dolphin breath, raising new concerns about ocean pollution.
They say an elephant never forgets, and according to this new study, that's not far from the truth.
The new frogs were named after the captains from a sci-fi franchise, in a fitting tribute.
These apes like to dance -- but only if someone is watching.
Elephant trunks have wrinkles since they are fetuses. When they're grown up, they have more wrinkles on their dominant side.
After years of confinement and grueling practices, lab chimps find joy and peace in sanctuaries.
This means "puppy dog eyes" are not unique to domestic dogs and appeared earlier in their wild ancestors.
Just like people confronted with a sea of options at the grocery store, bees foraging in meadows encounter many different flowers at once. They must decide which ones to visit for food, but it isn’t always a straightforward choice. Flowers offer two types of food: nectar and pollen, which can vary in important ways. Nectar, […]
It's the first time we have a way to study chronic pain in cats.
Octopuses are getting more and more interesting with each new study.
The sea robin walks on leg-like fins that can taste the seafloor, showcasing evolution's clever repurposing of traits.
The seemingly immortal hydra may hold the key to unraveling the mysteries of both eternal youth and a rare, chilling phenomenon: contagious cancer.
Water anoles can stay underwater for up to 20 minutes thanks to their air bubble "oxygen tanks".
The shrimp can navigate thanks to chemicals produced by other organisms.
We've all had bad tummy days, but nothing comes even close to this.
The disoriented baby birds can easily get lost and drawn into towns.
Cats twist and snakes slide, exploiting and negotiating physical laws. Scientists are figuring out how.
Scientists capture never-before-seen footage of seals exploiting research sonar to track and catch fish.
After becoming virtually extinct in California, wolves are making a comeback.
