A new study shows that as humpback whale populations recover from past whaling, older males are gaining a major advantage in reproduction. Early in the recovery, breeding groups were dominated by ...

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” ––George Orwell, Animal Farm When I wrote in this column an essay on 4th February 2026 titled, the ‘Beginning of Another ‘White ...

A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.

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

The closest thing to actual time travel exists in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, and it doesn’t require a flux capacitor or a police box. Old Sturbridge Village is a 200-acre outdoor living history museum ...

Recovering humpback whale populations are revealing a hidden shift: older males are increasingly outcompeting younger rivals to father calves.

New research reveals older singing male whales are increasingly successful at siring offspring compared to younger males.

Even more surprisingly, plants themselves can produce sound waves. Recent studies have shown that stressed plants, such as those that are thirsty or injured, emit tiny clicking or popping sounds at ...

New Zealand conservationists have been fighting for years to keep the kakapo, the world’s only flightless parrot, from disappearing, with intensive conservation efforts. Now they're hoping for a recor ...

Old Sturbridge Village is a completely different animal, sprawling across 200 acres of Massachusetts countryside that’s been transformed into a fully functioning 19th-century community. Real people in ...

Abstract: The classification of animal sounds has emerged as a vital tool in contemporary research, offering numerous benefits for animal occurrence records, taxonomic research, and behavioral studies ...

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 ...