"Thin out the gene pool." National Park Service scolds tourists over behavior near dangerous spring: 'Common sense is so rare ...

A wave of sea lions off the coast of Southern California have been sickened by an algae-produced toxin that makes them ...

Researchers studying pharmaceutical pollution tracked salmon that had been exposed to anti-anxiety medication. The fish appeared to lose their inhibitions.

A law ending the practice of declawing cats and a law prohibiting the sale of dogs and cats under 8-weeks-old went into ...

Harvard researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence-driven framework to track and analyze how rats interact in ...

Dogs have proven themselves to be man’s best friend, but when they are used in service to patients with post-traumatic stress ...

But a team of researchers at Harvard has recognized that there are some behaviors that are so instinctual that it's possible to induce animals to act as if they were robotic. Or mostly robotic, at ...

“As more gather around his body, it's hard not to interpret this behavior as mourning. Or at least as a way of coming to terms with their loss. This type of procession has been observed with elephants ...

The biggest dire wolf would have paled in comparison to Epicyon haydeni, the largest canine to ever walk the Earth!

Scientists say these are all markers of animal consciousness, a sign that animals, from Labrador retrievers to cuttlefish to ...

A new study reveals that male-female pairs maintain synchronized fear responses even under stress, unlike same-sex pairs.

When faced with a potential threat, mice often freeze in place. Moreover, when two animals are together, they typically freeze at the same time, matching each other's periods of immobility. In a new ...