Alcohol — and animals that love to consume it — is far more common in the natural world than scientists once believed, a study has found. Because ethanol — the kind of alcohol that forms ...

Animals are remarkable architects. Their nests, tunnel systems and caves are perfectly designed, and some of their structures are thousands of years old. Here are just a few examples of their ...

But there's another sign, usually involving a playful animal, that's sending a very different message. That message originates from the art studio of Paul Collins. Collins teaches art at Austin ...

“To our knowledge, it is the first time that animal life has been discovered in the ocean crust,” Sabine Gollner, a marine biologist at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea ...

SeaWorld has unveiled plans to release five animals back into the wild in partnership with three other parks. While SeaWorld’s theme parks may have an expanding lineup of roller coasters ...

The 550-million-year-old Quaestio simpsonorum is the first fossil to show a definitive left-right asymmetry, an important sign of evolutionary development in the history of animals. In 1947 ...

Cute features in babies and animals are more than just amusing—they trigger powerful evolutionary responses that help our species’ survival. Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo that has become ...

Human beings live every day with the understanding of our own mortality, but do animals have any concept of death? It's a question that has long intrigued scientists, fueled by reports of ants ...

On Friday, police announced Irene Lima, 55, and Chad Kabecz, 40, had been charged with animal cruelty after police found 10 cats and one rabbit, all dead, in a home. Investigators believe torture ...