Many factors influence growth and reproductive patterns in animals and people alike. New research, led by postdoctoral ...

An orangutan mom doesn’t have a partner to make dinner or put on a dress for—orangutans live mostly alone—but she does handle ...

Dire wolves became extinct towards the end of the last ice age, about 12,000 years ago. They became well known among Game of ...

Wolf-dog hybrids are growing far more common in Italy, raising scientists’ concerns for the future of the wolves ...

A recent essay highlights the importance of being dog smart and should be used to reassess the dangers of misleading labels and the true quality of dog-human relationships.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Nearly four and a half years after Jackson’s Animal Control Shelter closed its doors, the stray animal crisis gripping the capital city is only getting worse — and the ...

For centuries, eels have kept one of nature’s most stubborn secrets. Scientists have chased answers through ancient folklore, dead ends in early experiments, and decades of missing evidence. Even with ...

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Our planet is filled with a dazzling variety of creatures that bump uglies to reproduce. Cats do it. Dogs do it. The birds and the bees definitely do it. But what were the first animals to have sex?

Concerns about the 200 Shih Tzu dogs of the P-pop girl group 4th Impact were raised following reports of their move to the United States in hopes of making it big globally. A columnist recently ...

Ivan Pavlov’s salivating dogs, Burrhus Frederic Skinner’s ping pong-playing pigeons, Harry Harlow’s love-starved rhesus monkeys — these laboratory animals have entered into the pantheon of behavioral ...