Quick Take Scientists have documented same-sex behavior in hundreds of animal species, though it is not considered a required function for specific ecosystem roles. Some researchers suggest that ...

In the video captured on Feb. 26, the great ape runs towards the glass and bangs its hand on it, causing it to crack.

Humans have climbed to the top of the food chain by skillfully hunting, trapping, and fishing for other animals at scales that far exceed other predators, altering how the animals behave and earning ...

On a warm summer afternoon in Yellowstone National Park, a crowd gathers around a bison. The animal weighs close to a ton. It ...

It's time to stop bickering, accept what science tells us, acknowledge the widespread occurrence of intentional behavioral flexibility, and pay attention to why it has evolved.

Animals tend to have not one, but at least two names: a common name, and a scientific name. Formal scientific names, although sometimes humorous or plain silly (see animals named after celebrities and ...

"There's no way I would ever do this." Onlooker captures photo of man's reckless actions near wild animal: 'Stop harassing them' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Plan trips around real birthing seasons and accredited facilities for reliable baby-animal sightings—seal pups, turtle hatchlings, penguin chicks, pufflings, joeys, and more. Learn distance rules, ...

A baby monkey desperately clings to a stuffed animal while its own mother rejects it—millions of people are moved by the ...

The fossil vomit was found at the Bromacker site in central Germany, one of the few sites that preserves a fully terrestrial ...

Growing up in rural Ontario, Emily Miller-Cushon had a fascination for the animals that roamed the farmland near her home.