One of the biggest questions in animal cognition is whether animals behave with intent. The standard assumption for centuries has been that their behaviors are driven solely by instincts, drives, or ...

Project ICARUS's newly launched satellite aims to track animals across the globe on an unprecedented scale. Project ICARUS modules, funded in part by the National Geographic Society, were successfully ...

Animal eyes may look strange, but their shapes are survival tools built by evolution. Goats use horizontal pupils to scan the ground for predators, cats use vertical slits to judge distance before a ...

After spending their lives bred for laboratory research, 1,500 beagles are getting a second chance, with a Florida-based rescue stepping in to lead one of the largest dog relocations in U.S. history.

Some animals can move efficiently beneath granular surfaces. These include the sandfish (Scincus scincus), a lizard native to ...

A recent essay in The Scientist by Americans for Medical Progress (AMP) claims that public mistrust of animal research is driven primarily by misunderstanding, not by substantive concerns. AMP ...

The crocodile’s death roll may seem savage, but scientists say it’s actually an elegant evolutionary solution to a major ...

Many members of the animal kingdom can detect the subtle undulations of Earth’s magnetic field. Relying on a hidden ...

Scientists have long known that migrating birds and homing pigeons navigate in part by sensing the Earth’s magnetic fields, ...

In 1928, naturalist Henry Beston famously wrote that our fellow animals are “gifted with the extension of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not ...

A couple accused of keeping nearly 100 animals and a 16-year-old boy in deplorable conditions in their West Hempfield Township home will have their criminal charges decided in Lancaster County Court.