Sperm whales are a highly intelligent species, and new discoveries about their communication implies a complex language ...

One fascinating creature spends its winters beneath four feet of Antarctic sea ice, diving to nearly 2,000 feet in water cold ...

Like many animals, parrots make sounds that suggest they are talking with each other, maybe even calling out to a specific ...

The surprising escapes from near-death situations of beetles and other small animals illustrate how both prey and predators ...

The Amazon Rainforest is one of the most extraordinary ecosystems on Earth, a vast green world stretching across multiple ...

Germans are preparing a rescue operation for a sick humpback whale stranded off the Baltic Sea coast. The whale, nicknamed ...

Roger Payne's album "Songs of the Humpback Whale." --S.V.M., West Palm Beach, Florida. Years ago, at an international conference of ethologists, I was one of the first to hear the late Dr. Payne's ...

Bats seen swooping over gardens and yards at night are responding directly to insect abundance below, signaling a healthy ...

Colour blindness in animals can be largely attributed to the structure of the eyes. The perception of colour requires the ...

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency on Saturday said that draft amendments to regulations on human medicines for veterinary use would allow pre-stocking of medicines by veterinarians to ...

Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of research. Animal tests for skin irritation are scheduled for elimination this year, and some studies ...

In the movie Hoppers, scientists “hop” human consciousness into animal-like robots to talk to other species. We asked the experts their thoughts on how conceivable the plot is. Some scientists believe ...