Scientists have long focused on quantifying fear and other negative emotions in animals. Now they’re trying to measure positive feelings — and it’s a challenge.

For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are ...

We tend to think of animals as short-lived, especially when we compare their lifespans to human lifespans. But some species ...

Here in the United States, the deadly risks posed by wildlife can pale in comparison to developing nations around the world ...

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Animals have all sorts of funny shapes and sizes, with some not even having ears at all. Read here to learn more.

They sometimes touched their lips together, breathed into one another’s open mouths, or stood on two legs and hugged.

Scientists used the April 2024 solar eclipse to show how animals adjust their behavior when daylight suddenly disappears.

For humans, feces are last on the list of things we’d place near our mouth. In the animal world, that reaction does not ...