Animals

The huge groups take off in sync, but only when the majority wants to do so.

Increased boat traffic in shallow water is driving humpback whale mothers and their calves farther out into the ocean.

Why climb down the world’s tallest trees when you can take the gravity elevator?

The threat to homeowners may be low, but ecologists are still concerned about forests.

The state is experiencing the worst recorded die-off of calves so far.

To keep skin healthy, dolphins will even wait in line for these coral and sea sponge spas.

The dramatic death spiral has long been a mystery.

India is home to the world’s largest wild tiger population. It's protected by conservation mandates. As their habitats can overlap with humans, conflicts are on the rise.

Fossils from Newfoundland sea beds give a clue to how early animal communities formed.

In more than 900 hours of recordings from wild chimpanzees, researchers heard hundreds of unique phrases that could resemble a language.