Animals often get labeled as either predators or prey. But in the wild, survival isn’t always a one-animal job. Some species form partnerships that help them find food, avoid danger, or raise young.

In the frigid ocean surrounding Antarctica, the water boils over as seabirds dive from above and marine animals like seals ...

Most people have observed how animals love each other. When your cat grooms your dog, that is love. If you lose one of your pets and your other pets seem to mope around the house, that is love. If you ...

Of the 8.7 million species on Earth, why are human beings the only one that paints self-portraits, walks on the Moon and worships gods? For decades, many scholars have argued that the difference stems ...

Long before TikTok and probiotics, animals were teaching each other tips on feeling better, from swallowing leaves to get rid of parasites to using icebergs for exfoliation. In the early 2010s, ...

Researchers analyzed nearly 200 whale-dolphin interactions, and conclude: They sure do seem friendly. Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) like the ones pictured here with bottlenose dolphins ...

The behaviour of plants is invisible to the naked human eye. They operate on timescales our imaginations can’t entertain, and they run roughshod over familiar categories of self, other and community.

AI is reshaping countless aspects of life. But so far, its applications have focused mostly on our singular species, Homo sapiens. What if humans used AI to better understand the nonhuman beings with ...

Can animals help students better manage their own feelings? The leader of one popular Florida field trip destination says yes. The Alaqua Animal Refuge, which stretches across 100 acres in Florida’s ...