Apr. 26, 2024 — Are mice clever enough to be strategic? A neuroscientist who studies learning in humans and animals, and who has long worked with mice, wondered why rodents often performed ...

Though measuring animal intelligence is tricky, some animals show remarkable cognitive abilities that may rival our own. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Even Marine Animals in Untouched Habitats Are at Risk from Human Impacts Sep. 18, 2024 — Climate change and a range of other human impacts are putting marine animals at risk of extinction ...

Okja." Since cinema’s inception, animal movies have held a special place in the hearts of viewers, captivating us with tales of loyalty and adventure, intimating the unspeakable bond between ...

October 18, 2024 • In the humid rainforests of northern and eastern Madagascar reside seven newly described frog species. They often hang out near fast, flowing rivers. These treefrogs' high ...

Seeing through one eye or many, in technicolour or black and white, few animals experience the world as we do. By analysing the properties of animals' visual systems, we can model what the world would ...

Animals are disappearing at hundreds of times the normal rate, primarily because of shrinking habitats. Their biggest threat: humans. No trace of the wild South China tiger, Panthera tigris ...

Some of the world’s top animal scientists got together to talk about leadership traits in the animal kingdom and published a study in Trends in Ecology and Evolution that explored what qualities ...

Animal behavior research is particularly relevant to the study of human behavior when it comes to the preservation of a species, or how an animal’s behavior helps it survive. The behavior of ...

Animals need air, water, shelter and food to survive. Our lungs bring in oxygen and remove carbon dioxide. But other animals breathe in all sorts of different ways. Fish use gills to get their ...

But typically the consumption of plastic just leads to chronic, unrelenting hunger. Some animals now live in a world of plastics—like these hyenas scavenging at a landfill in Harar, Ethiopia.

Around 10 million animals die from animal abuse, neglect or cruelty every year in the U.S. Cruelty and abuse to animals is correlated to domestic violence and other abuse toward humans.