Latest Animals Stories
These clever cockatoos carry around toolkits to get to food faster
Citizen science is another great form of nature therapy
Why giraffe sex is a tall order and hinges on pee
How hunting deer became a battle cry in conservation
Raising male offspring comes at a high price for orca mothers
6 things to know before deciding to raise backyard chickens
The secrets to fighting the next pandemic could be in fruit bats
This robot eel could be the start of a new breed of ‘voxel’ robots
Neanderthals caught and cooked crabs 90,000 years ago
The best dog backpacks for 2023
Do domesticated dogs howl back at wolves?
Ancient humans used mastodon bones to hunt the giant beasts
Nightmare-fuel fungi exist in real life
The best dog vitamins of 2023
Bat-like echolocation could help these robots find lost people
The bizarre story behind a viral man-eating lion hoax
The best dog treats of 2023
The best training collars for stubborn dogs of 2023
Scientists find 319-million-year-old fossilized fish brain
No one can predict exactly where birds go, but this mathematical model gets close
Unicorns do exist—as a cave fish in China
Animals at the Dallas Zoo keep vanishing from their enclosures
Songbird species team up to ‘mob’ owls and other predators
What to do when your fishing lure hooks a bird, otter—or gator
When humans and dolphins fish together, they both win
The best KONG dog toys of 2023
The best dog training treats of 2023
When wolves hunt otters on this Alaskan island, deer suffer
These fuzzy burrowers don’t need oxytocin to fall in love
Chewy is doggedly trying to expand into pet telehealth
Fun or feud? These are the tell-tail signs that a catfight has gone sour.
Scientists are still banging out theories about how dinosaurs had sex
These primate ancestors were totally chill with a colder climate
One wormy Triassic fossil could fill a hole in the evolutionary story of amphibians
When wind turbines kill bats and birds, these scientists want the carcasses
How a peculiar parasitic plant relies on a rare Japanese rabbit
Acrobatic beetle bots could inspire the latest ‘leap’ in agriculture
Adolescent chimpanzees might be less impulsive than human teens
Stowaway mice carry DNA evidence of an ancient black market fur trade
Plastic, pollution, and prescription drugs are making fish act erratically
Squirrels gamble, too—but with their genes
13 otherworldly photos that were actually taken on Earth
This robot gets its super smelling power from locust antennae
A virgin birth in Shedd Aquarium’s shark tank is baffling biologists
Trilobites may have jousted with head ‘tridents’ to win mates
Bug brains are inspiring new collision avoidance systems for cars
Freshwater fish are loaded with ‘forever chemicals’
Toddlers may be wired to help their dog friends
Connecting national parks could help generations of wildlife thrive
Bush rats are back to reclaim their place in this Australian park
Every year in Texas, it rains rabies vaccines for coyotes and foxes
What rockfish genes can teach humans about living past 100
If Madagascar’s animals disappear, it’ll take 23 million years to get them back
When these reptiles became city lizards, it changed their genes
A crab’s biggest turn off? Ship noises.
The best dog nail grinders of 2023
Invasive rats are making some reef fish more peaceful, and that’s bad, actually
A new synthetic material could help fix broken penises—at least in pigs
Reverse-engineered hummingbird wings could inspire new drone designs
The National Institutes of Health is studying dogs to learn more about aging and genetics in people
The best dry dog foods of 2023
The best wet dog food of 2023
The best cat beds of 2023
‘Snowball Earth’ was crushing and cold. What animals could survive it?