Many of the world’s cutest animals have more than just good looks; they are also genuinely fascinating. Once you take a ...

The animal world never stops surprising us with stories that are heartwarming, unexpected, and sometimes almost unbelievable. The Facebook page 'Around the World' has built a community around curating ...

Sunlight shapes most life on Earth. It fuels plants, supports food chains, and helps many animals navigate, hunt, and regulate their daily cycles. Yet some animals live their entire lives in places ...

Motherhood in the animal kingdom is a mixed bag. Take pregnancy: a female alpine salamander may gestate its young for as long ...

Most animals we have seen or encounter in our daily lives rely on a single heart that helps keep their blood flowing; ...

Source: NYU Press with permission. When I first read the manuscript for Carol Gigliotti's eye-opening The Creative Lives of Animals, I took pages and pages of notes. 1 Now that I've read it once again ...

Scientists are constantly learning more about animal behavior. This year revealed nose-picking lemurs, music-loving rats, and venomous-snake-eating dolphins. Here are 12 of the weirdest and most ...