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

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.

A groundbreaking Trinity College Dublin study reveals that some animals process visual information more than three times faster than humans.

Most of us grow up knowing the basics. 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 ...

But making sounds can be a double-edged sword: it can help them communicate, sometimes over long distances, but it can also reveal them to predators. In new research published in the Journal of ...

This stingray gets knocked out cold by an orca tail slap - take a look and read our analysis of orca hunting behavior.

The trend is growing and leading to controversy ...

Massive animal groups, from wildebeest herds to fish schools and bird flocks, exhibit remarkable coordinated movement without a leader. These complex behaviors emerge from simple individual ...

Cody Roberts' plea helps create legal precedent, but Wyoming lawmakers still need to ban vehicular killing of wildlife, writes Wendy Keefover. The post Guilty plea changes Wyoming’s wolf torment case ...

The deep sea is inhabited by many creatures that are unlike any other in the world, and the coffinfish is certainly one of the strangest. Dubbed the s.

Debates over responsibility for past species loss generate heat but little light. Moving forward requires context, evidence ...