Water and air pose completely different challenges to animals on a number of levels.

The city’s contract with GLAZA, which governs fundraising, special events and more, ends Tuesday, leaving the zoo in a ...

How does the brain store knowledge so that you actually remember what you have learned the next day or even later? To find ...

The Kalahari Meerkat Project is the longest running project operating under the Kalahari Research Centre. The research team ...

Urologist and pilot Brian Rambarran volunteers his time flying across the U.S. to give dogs a second leash on life.

Scientists have launched the first global database of animal culture, revealing how species learn, communicate, and pass down traditions.

Like something straight out of a Jurassic Park movie, the golden takin's low, rumbling bellow can send shivers up your spine.

Humans aren't the only animals with Good Samaritan tendencies: elephants, chimps and dolphins have all been known to come to ...

Animal conservationists often move elephants between herds to improve biodiversity and group health, but what if the elephants don't speak the same language?

In the rainforests of Malaysia, a group of “guardian” creatures carry their young on their backs. The animals are about 1.5 ...

Many creatures defy the two-eye norm, developing multiple eyes for survival. Spiders use their eight eyes for hunting or sensing vibrations, while horseshoe crabs employ up to ten eyes for navigation ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...