The biologists determined that city-dwelling North American raccoons (Procyon lotor) have snouts that are 3.5% shorter than ...

Like most babies, Moo Deng spends a lot of her time sleeping. But for a few hours a day, the 4-month-old pygmy hippo springs to life, gumming on leaves, zooming around the compound and tossing her ...

Archivists who work in museums must be very bored. Who would think of placing taxidermied specimens from 1922 under ...

To the editor: Consciousness is uniquely an animal phenomenon in nature. The criteria for the existence of consciousness on this planet is that only beings that have organically integrated ...

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Last December an Instagram Reel of a “crying” bison—created by photographer Chris Henry—went viral. The video has received more than eight million views and generated thousands of comments. But can ...

Neon green, ultraviolet, rainbows — the variety of colors animals can make seem endless. Here's why they make this profusion of color. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

An increasing number of Americans have emotional support animals and psychiatric service dogs to help them cope with psychological problems. But confusion over the legal status of these different ...