The world is in the throes of a biodiversity crisis, with numerous animal species declining or disappearing altogether. Scientists know that much of this turmoil stems from human development—physical ...

While most of these animal group names reflect an animal's behavior or appearance, others are delightfully theatrical, with ...

The post Responsible Hiking Still Disrupts Wildlife, 6-Year Study Shows appeared first on A-Z Animals. Picture this. You’re quietly hiking along your favorite trail, doing all the things an outdoor ...

The relationship between predators and prey in the wild is underscored by an evolutionary arms race spanning millions of years, but new research has found modern human activity is reshaping the rules.

For generations, certain pods of killer whales reportedly cooperated directly with human whalers during hunts. The orcas would help locate and drive massive whales toward human boats, while the ...

Unfortunately, our dogs can’t tell us, so it can be hard to know if they’re truly happy or just making do with their surroundings.  While no one can read a dog’s mind, veterinarians are the closest ...

A new study into one of Earth’s most critical habitats has discovered that a species once thought to reproduce through ...

Scientists discovered that Iberian lynxes dunk their prey underwater, rewriting everything we know about wild cat intelligence and culture.

Humans spend a great deal of time trying to smell good. We wash, deodorize and perfume our bodies daily, suggesting body odor ...

The old "monkey see, monkey do" adage may rest on some neuroscientific evidence, finds a new Yale study. To examine how the primate brain facilitates cooperative behavior among individuals during ...

Dopamine in the mushroom body of fruit flies controls the persistence of stress-induced courtship suppression.

Summary: A paradigm-shifting critical synthesis challenges decades of psychological and neuroscientific dogma by proposing that humans and animals do not possess an intrinsic aversion to effort.