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!" ...

Getting close to a stingray is risky, even for an accomplished predator such as an orca. They are not called stingrays for nothing! But if you can take them by surprise and stun them with a brutal ...

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 are noisy. And their noises can travel a long way.Author Ben JJ Walker Researcher, UNSW Sydney But making sounds can be a double-edged ...

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

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

Researchers discovered that a 215-million-year-old reptile started life on four legs and switched to two as an adult.

But jackdaws have a shortcut. A new study suggests these clever birds learn to recognize predators by eavesdropping on the adults around them. By linking adult alarm calls to unfamiliar sounds, ...

Many mammals have fur the color of brown and black. Why don't they have more exotic colors, like purple and neon pink?

Research reveals that some prairie dog alarm calls encode remarkably specific information about humans and other predators.

With a large variety of starfish in the ocean, there are many unique appearances that can be surprising. One example is the ...