A team of psychologists, animal behaviorists and neuroscientists affiliated with several institutions in Spain and Germany has found via experimentation that hoofed fringe group individuals may be ...

Animal cognition scientists designed an open-air experiment to test wild elephants’ problem-solving abilities for the first time. They observed that Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) at Salakpra ...

Poland has come up with a novel way to get rid of packs of roaming wild boars from busy towns and cities, and it is both ...

Increasing urbanization has crowded out many wild animals. But raccoons appear to be thriving, living in cities across the country and even expanding their historical range. To investigate what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Governments have announced plans to reduce the number of animals, such as mice, used in experimental procedures. (Philip Cheung ...

What are big brains for? One idea, originally proposed to explain larger brain sizes in primates, is that animals that live in large groups evolved bigger brains to manage their complex social lives.

Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of research. Animal tests for skin irritation are scheduled for elimination this year, and some studies ...