Dogs are unique from other mammals in their reciprocated bond with humans which can be demonstrated though mutual gaze.

Just as you might look down at the sidewalk as you walk, fish look downward when they swim, a new study has confirmed. The question is why?

Vocalizations as a resource for communication is common among several groups of vertebrates: singing birds, croacking frogs, or barking dogs

Dogs are unique from other mammals in their reciprocated bond with humans which can be demonstrated though mutual gaze.

Cool as a sea cucumber - new evidence on how sea cucumbers produce self-defence chemicals may lead to medicines and healthy compounds.

Study concludes that plant-based meat and dairy alternatives ‘offer a healthier and more environmentally sustainable solution.

Karoo fossils provide “smoking gun” on clues to when warm-bloodedness evolved in pre-mammalian ancestors according to researchers.

How fast can wild animals adapt? Faster than previously thought based on a global study examining rates of evolution in 15 species.

New research transforms our understanding of the circumstances and timing of the domestication of chickens, their spread across Asia

Horses, pigs and wild horses can distinguish between negative and positive sounds from their fellow species and near relatives and humans.

Are people more likely to feel empathy for animals than humans? A new Penn State study suggests the answer may be complicated.

Whether a computer could ever pass for a living thing is one of the key challenges for researchers in the field of Artificial Intelligence.

Researchers from Yale have identified the earliest known relative of octopuses and vampire squid — and named it after Joseph R. Biden.

A global effort to map the genomes of all plants, animals, fungi and other microbial life on Earth, is entering a new phase.

Matter on Earth, both live and inert, experiences the effects of the gravitational forces of the Sun and Moon expressed in the form of tides

The millipede has 1,306 legs — more than any other animal — and belongs to a new species that has been named Eumillipes persephone.

A Fargo, N.D., man returning from a four-day trip discovered a large cargo in is Chevrolet pickup, but not in the bed.

Hundreds of animal rights protesters marched in San Francisco to demand the end of factory farming, chanting, “Humane slaughter is a lie!"

Climate change is causing some animals to “shape shift” and grow larger extremities such as beaks, ears and tails.

Urbanization is causing many mammal species to grow bigger, possibly because of readily available food in places packed with people