Pets have evolved from practical helpers to our emotional companions, but are we truly fulfilling their needs?

For over 20 years, the 3-foot-long ribbon worm Baseodiscus the Eldest (B for short) was more a “long-time acquaintance” than ...

A yearslong surge in displaced roosters is overwhelming animal sanctuaries in Maryland and across the country, fueled by a ...

TikTok is rapidly growing in Africa and is being used to sell bushmeat, underscoring the role of social media in the global illegal wildlife trade ...

One of the biggest mistakes you can make in life is believing that you know everything there is to know. Even if you’re ...

Anyone who has ever lived with a dog or cat knows this: pets react differently to different people. They warm up instantly to ...

In a little over ten years, organoid models—miniature, lab-grown clusters of cells that imitate real organs—have transformed how we study human development and disease while accelerating drug ...

Most animals, including humans, carry an internal lunar clock, tuned to the 29.5-day rhythm of the Moon. It guides sleep, ...

More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...

Hamilton, the zoologist who dedicated his life to saving Africa’s elephants from systematic slaughter—despite being nearly ...

From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that reveals about our brains ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...