Some animal societies are ruled by despots with an iron fist, while others seem naturally egalitarian – and they all have ...

The city of Aurora’s Animal Care and Control Division marked a record number of animals transferred out of the city’s shelter ...

Puffins are often known as the clowns of the sea due to their bright beak colouring and their acrobatic movements in the air ...

Have you ever been to a zoo and thought that the animals looked sad? Or perhaps you’ve visited a wildlife park and felt that ...

Many mammal populations in European and North American zoos are aging—a trend that jeopardizes the long-term viability of so-called reserve populations and, with it, a core mission of modern zoos in ...

City environments subject animals to noise, light, crowding, and fragmented habitats that subtly but powerfully reshape how they communicate.

Animal welfare groups accuse fast-food giants of failing to deliver chicken welfare improvements as European Chicken ...

This 30-million-year-long gap is actually rather helpful to Darwin. It means that there was plenty of time for the ancestor of complex animals to evolve, unhurriedly splitting to make new species ...

Animals have evolved crab-like bodies at least five times throughout history, a process known as carcinization.

A single universal equation can closely approximate the frequency of wingbeats and fin strokes made by birds, insects, bats and whales, despite their different body sizes and wing shapes, researchers ...

A new study suggests humans belong in an elite “league of monogamy,” ranking closer to beavers and meerkats than to chimpanzees. By comparing full and half siblings across species and human cultures, ...