Our perception of animal welfare as a nation of animal lovers is out of step with policy and law that still allows differential animal treatment.

New Horizon's 3.0 update offers needed quality-of-life improvements and some profound pleasures, but it can't fix the game's core problems.

The more we watch animals, the more we learn about their complex lives. Here are three famous examples of animal deception.

A tiger walks the same worn groove along the edge of its exhibit, like a broken record. A parrot methodically plucks out its own feathers until bare skin shows through. To a casual visitor, these can ...

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Animals caught acting like humans in hilarious ways.

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For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are ...

Nature is full of surprises, but few are as fascinating as hybrid animals, creatures born from crossing two different species. Some hybrids occur naturally where habitats overlap, while others result ...

Some animal societies are ruled by despots with an iron fist, while others seem naturally egalitarian – and they all have ...

Scientists have long focused on quantifying fear and other negative emotions in animals. Now they’re trying to measure ...

There are few things more joyful, if occasionally nerve-wracking, than having a pet in your home. And plenty of people agree.