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

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

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 ...

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

New research led by the University of Washington suggests that two different climate transitions millions of years ago fueled ...

Juvenile manta rays form mobile habitats, providing shelter, food, and protection for fish during vulnerable early life ...

As the northeast Johnson County city considers changing its definition of dangerous wild animals to include all monkeys — ...

The deep sea around Antarctica just got a whole lot weirder as researchers have discovered at least 30 previously unknown ...