When a member of their group dies, some animals do something astonishing: they stay. Elephants gather around the bodies of fallen herd members, gently touching bones with their trunks. Chimpanzees ...

From bats to birds, recent research suggests that fireworks may disrupt routine and sometimes lead to serious injury or death ...

Why dogs follow their owners everywhere isn’t just affection, it’s an ancient wolf survival drive that domestication ...

Summer is one of the busiest seasons for black bears. Here's why they are on the move, where you're most likely to encounter one, and how to stay safe. A bear walks out of a bush of red berries in ...

When major infrastructure projects are built in rural areas, wildlife is often dislocated and moved out of the way. This is called mitigation translocation, and it is a globally recognized method for ...

Potentially deadly sepsis may be more likely in certain patients due to problems in the gut. Researchers from the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology’s Infectious Disease Research ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - The Animal Protective League in Springfield is assessing significant damage after a severe storm and strong winds struck its facility late Wednesday night. Despite the ...

Ethological studies of animal sentience are critical because they focus on wild animals displaying flexibility and adapting ...

In contrast to those who resided in Siberia, Neanderthals who lived in what's now Belgium and France shortly before the ...

From insects to great apes, by way of birds and fish, animals communicate through an extraordinary variety of sounds. While the pitch or timbre of their vocalizations matters, rhythm may play a more ...

For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest spiritual values of life can originate ...