Discover examples of sea life and see how they move underwater in this KS1 Science video on marine animals for primary ...

Beyond factors like genetics and environment, animal personality is also shaped by something more fundamental: the species ...

Being a loner isn’t un-herd of for these four-legged seniors. New research shows that it is in an animal’s nature to isolate as they age — but unlike the known detriments for humans, breaking away ...

Life was pretty nice during the Ediacaran, so the need for sex was rather limited,” Emily Mitchell, a paleozoologist at the ...

Coconut crabs are massive. Up to three feet in diameter, they scuttle across remote tropical islands in the western Indo-Pacific Ocean, cracking open coconuts like they’re made of butter, eating ...

Groundbreaking study shows machine learning can decode emotions in seven ungulate species. A game-changer for animal welfare? Can artificial intelligence help us understand what animals feel? A ...

Fast animals get plenty of attention for their incredible feats of speed. But what about animals that move at a slower pace? "We definitely are programmed to think that speed is good," said James ...

At the turn of the 20th century, a famous horse named Clever Hans toured Germany. The horse stunned crowds as his trainer demonstrated the animal's alleged ability to understand German, tell time and ...

Philosopher Susana Monsó's book Playing Possum, newly translated into English next month, makes the strong case that many animals big and small understand the concept of death. Reading time 8 minutes ...

The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare has rebranded to Science for Animal Welfare as part of a strategy to modernize ...