Scientists have long focused on quantifying fear and other negative emotions in animals. Now they’re trying to measure ...

Nancy Shute discusses how scientists are beginning to study animals’ emotions and personalities — from joy to individual ...

Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History investigated old specimens that had been at the museum for decades and ...

A creature that is part human, part animal; this sounds like something out of a mythological sci-fi, or a blatant hoax. But thanks to some genius scientists, a creature like this is now a reality.

We are delighted to present the inaugural “Women in Animal Science” series of article collections.At present, less than 30% ...

Earth’s first sponges may have been ghostly, soft-bodied pioneers—ancient animals that evolved long before their skeletons ...

German scientists have relaunched a satellite system that will be used to track wildlife all across the globe. The “internet of animals” was first launched in 2020, in collaboration with Russian ...

According to the World Wildlife Fund, as much as 60% of the animal population of Earth has disappeared between 1970 and 2014. This shocking statistic is in no small part down to human interference, ...

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

Deep inside a fossil-filled cave in the Dominican Republic, researchers uncovered evidence of an unexpected interaction between ancient owls and solitary bees. About 20,000 years ago, a family of owls ...

Scientists discovered fossilized reptile skin in an Oklahoma cave, revealing the oldest known example dating back nearly 300 million years.

When considering the fastest animals on Earth, size seems like it should matter. Yet the cheetah, weighing around 50 ...