Recording the movements of people and animals has become easy because of small GPS devices and video cameras. However, the reasons for such movements remain difficult to infer. Scientists have ...

Modern domestic animal traits that set them apart from their wild ancestors, such as small dogs, or the gnarled combs on chickens heads, may have appeared far more recently than previously thought, ...

We pride ourselves on being the most intelligent of animals, the ones who dominate from the sky to the depths of the sea. This claim is not false, but it omits an essential aspect: the other creatures ...

When a kitten is walking in a dangerous environment, it will gently step on the terrain with its feet to estimate the friction or bearing capacity. Based on this experience, the kitten can then ...