Parental instinct in animals is usually tied to the survival of their species. But sometimes, animals surprise us.

The U.S. military will stop its practice of shooting pigs and goats to help prepare medics for treating wounded troops in a combat zone, ending an exercise made obsolete by ...

On a trip to the arctic town of Churchill, Manitoba, I joined the trend of taking trips to see threatened places and animals ...

From an elusive jaguar to an industrious beaver, photographers captured iconic animal moments around the world.

I think both books talk about stepping back from all the craziness and getting back to what really matters and counts,' the ...

A large study of rats shows that genes shape the gut microbiome in two ways: directly, by influencing an individual’s own ...

Relations between dogs and people are so normal and pervasive as to pass almost unregarded. Yet viewed objectively, this ...

Over the last four months, the L.A. Zoo has welcomed the birth of five great apes, including a gorilla, orangutan and three ...

If something similar occurs in humans, and given growing evidence that the gut microbiome matters for health, genetic ...

Former volunteers have accused a high-profile animal rescue charity of exaggerating how many dogs it finds in an attempt to ...

The ancestors of our furry cats and dogs once looked similar to today's modern mongoose, a mammal with a long body and small, ...