Cats didn’t become house pets because humans needed them. They didn’t herd animals, pull carts, or guard property.

Great apes are humans' closest relatives in the animal kingdom. As much as 98.8% of their DNA is shared, but while the number ...

More wild species are becoming urban wildlife. How are animals and people learning to coexist in these places?

Ever imagined a wild animal trying to play tag with a human with no dangerous intent? Turns out, it’s not as rare as you’d think. You’d probably think of Fido or Fluffy when you picture an animal that ...

An Ethiopian wolf, Africa’s most endangered carnivore, was found shot in the leg. What happened next was astonishing.

We all love animals, but feeding them can trigger an ecological disaster in the ecosystem we live in—without us even ...

Human–wildlife conflict in Matabeleland claimed 13 lives and left 10 people injured between January and November this year, ...

Animals that navigate extreme conditions and environments have evolved to sleep in extreme ways. For a long time, scientists ...

Animals that navigate extreme conditions and environments have evolved to sleep in extreme ways — for example, stealing seconds at a time during around-the-clock parenting, getting winks on the wing ...

As highly pathogenic avian influenza spreads among wild birds in Texas, Laredo public health officials say there have been no ...

A wonderfully valid saying of Albert Einstein is that we should, “Look deep into Nature and you will understand everything.” ...