For over 200 years, there has been just one species of giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis. This unmistakable African animal is easily recognized across the world. With their long necks and distinctive ...

Long before dinosaurs, Earth’s forests were ruled by a many-legged giant. Here’s why this millipede’s size still challenges ...

By the late 1990s, scientists realized that virus activity was likely shaping how carbon and nutrients cycled through ocean ...

Quick Take The “big truck, small man” phenomenon is also seen in the animal kingdom. The loudest howler monkeys were found to have the smallest packages. Hyoid bone size, which is responsible for ...

Or you can attempt a truce. Buy a cheap feeder, fill it with corn, and put it 10 feet away from your bird feeder. Squirrels ...

Turns out jellyfish and sea anemones – among the ancient creatures with a nervous system instead of a brain – have a very similar sleeping routine to our own. A new study published in Nature ...

Across reptiles, birds, rodents, and humans, the brain showed the same slow rhythm, cycling over tens of seconds. This ...

Gut health, antibiotic resistance, probiotics and the effects of bacteria on the immune system are specialties for Amir Mani, ...

A cat’s purr carries a consistent vocal signature, while meows evolved to be flexible tools for interacting with humans. A new study led by scientists at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and the Unive ...

A recently published study analyzed data about the 1,604 total animal-related deaths reported between 2018 and 2023 — which ...

Nancy Shute discusses how scientists are beginning to study animals’ emotions and personalities — from joy to individual ...