Most animals have no hardwired evolutionary reason to care about human language. But dogs, who've lived alongside humans for at least 14,000 years , have a special motivation to listen to their ...

Wherever it is, it must be the place where synurbization—the process of wildlife adapting to urban environments—originated.. Animals and humans have always coexisted. Before cities, nomadic ...

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Evolutionary biologist Nathan H. Lents details how animal relationships can offer perspective on sexual diversity, social monogamy and gender identity—for humans.

But as valid and important as these views might be, they largely fail to address why humans kill animals – and why in many cases, it can’t be avoided. Our research sought to shed light on this.

New research suggests animals can thrive in human-dominated environments by being expert judges of risk. Researchers examined the behavior of great-tailed grackles, a bird species successfully ...

This meant that the animals were used to having humans around them, but Berthet's group, like the local scientists, avoided interfering with their behavior and did their best to avoid any disturbance.

On the one hand, human affection for animals, which often manifests in their anthropomorphization, is well documented. As early as 1874, The Atlantic published an article asking whether they have ...

Humans traveled less during COVID lockdowns but animals traveled more: study Animals being tracked by scientists tended to travel longer distances in the early months of the pandemic, when people ...

Royal Manas National Park, Bhutan — Among anglers, the golden mahseer is one of the world’s most prized catches. Up to nine feet long and golden-hued with big scales, it has a reputation as ...

Plants, animals, rocks, minerals and water make up the ecosystems that support all life — including humans — and tigers are at the center of it all. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos ...