Nature has become a rounding error on a planet dominated by humanity, and for some things we don’t even need our machines to do it.

Do animals see illusions like we do? A study tests guppies and doves to find out how different species process visual tricks.

Do insectivorous animals perceive green, caterpillar-shaped clay as a tasty meal? Ecologists sometimes use plasticine models ...

It explains that human babies are 'helpless' due to their large-sized brains, which are 'designed for language and problem ...

The animals were disease-free and posed no risk of infecting people, according to Tulane National Biomedical Research Center, which regularly provides rhesus monkeys to other research facilities.

A few vets, us included, see the rise of the ‘fur baby’ as a huge problem for animals," Veterinary anaesthetist Eddie Clutton ...

In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

A rare success story from Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve shows how a community-managed forest supports both people and wildlife.

Jane Goodall kisses Tess, a female chimpanzee, at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary near Nanyuki, north of Nairobi, on ...

They’ve helped fetch Oscars, boosted box office and upstaged their A-list co-stars — but these days, Hollywood’s animals ...

Most impressively, the animals even accounted for clues that undermined earlier evidence. If they heard something bouncing around inside box 1, they would assume, at first, that it was an apple—but ...

Photographer Gerrard Gethings searched the UK for human-dog pairings. After doing a similar project with cats, he's now working on a new series.