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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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!" ...

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 ...

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 ...

Remarkably, this research essentially suggests that an abundance of clouds — a drop in sunlight — fueled the recent bear attacks in Japan. What’s more is that Japan should expect more of this ...