Some birds are able to repeat human words and phrases, while others communicate only with their own sounds. Scientists claim that this ability is related to the characteristics of the brain, social ...

As wildlife tourism grows, scientists are asking a bigger question: can we bring people closer to nature without reshaping the ecosystems they came to see?

To mark 20 years of the BBC TV series Planet Earth, we look at some of the filming firsts it captured – including a ‘zombie’ fungus ...

Wondering about the most dangerous birds on Earth? We've compiled this list of the Top 20 scariest birds — some that have ...

In the deep ocean, where sunlight never reaches, and food drifts down like confetti, survival is less about speed and more about strategy. Take, for example, the tripod fish, a creature that can swim ...

A team of researchers from The University of Texas at El Paso has uncovered new evidence explaining why the rattlesnake's ...

The Galápagos Islands, an unparalleled sanctuary for marine biodiversity, are home to the magnificent whale shark, the world’s largest fish. Recent findings from the Galápagos Whale Shark Project ...

A lot of dangerous wildlife does not look dangerous at first. It looks slow, familiar, small, awkward, or even... The post The animals that look harmless until they feel cornered appeared first on The ...

A baby cat is a kitten. A baby bear is a cub. Simple. But once you look beyond the usual animals, things get interesting fast. Some baby animal names sound made up, and a few are even more charming ...

From whale songs to lion roars, animals have evolved to stretch their voices across distances so that friends—and sometimes foes—can hear them. Each sound is coded with messages like "Come here!" ...

A case of appalling animal cruelty in Wyoming is close to being closed with a plea of guilty, setting a historic and significant example for the state and perhaps other jurisdictions.

Animals on land and sea use sound for different purposes – and alterations in their environment can change the effect it has ...