In the case of domestic cats, dogs and many other domesticated species, intentional and unintentional selection by humans ...

Analysis of the fossil suggests that the only two egg-laying mammals, platypuses and land-based echidnas, both descended from ...

Among the latest contenders in the fight against drug-resistant infections is a striking, black beetle with fiery red spots and orange-tipped antennae. Known for spending much of its life ...

By analyzing the arrangement of vertebrae in the spines of nearly 400 species of tetrapods—a group of animals with four limbs ...

Despite being separated by millions of years of evolution, dogs and cats have evolved similar skull shapes due to ...

"Lions and hyenas coexist peacefully, ignoring each other in the wild." ...

An advertisement for the 1994 World Cup, fast food wrappers, COVID-19 masks—what birds used to build their nests reflects a world with more plastic. A coot bird in London on a nest made of twigs ...

In the wild, leadership is not just about dominance – it is about how societies are held together, broken apart, or reborn.

Humans have long dreamed of talking with the animals, using spoken language. Yet, the perfect model for cross-species ...

From complex social structures to physical dominance, we explore why hyenas are some of nature’s most successful—and ...

No fossilised pangolin tracks had been recorded anywhere in the world until a track was found in South Africa, dated to ...