A small team of animal scientists at Azabu University, in Japan, has found via experimentation that common house cats are ...

Telling people an animal is destined for the laboratory makes them take a dimmer view of its mental abilities.

Cats can associate human words with images—possibly better than human babies—new research out of Japan reveals.

Spiders can appear threatening, scary, or even cute, but the three most common spiders in Massachusetts are harmless to ...

A wildlife expert with Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a simple, scientific explanation to chupacabra sightings.

The animal kingdom is a pretty wild place, and history is full of stories of creatures that western scientists didn’t believe ...

The Microsetta Initiative studies human microbiomes, analyzing diverse data to reveal links between microbes, diet, and ...

Ever looked at a children's book on mythical creatures only to realize it includes scientific names and the mythical creatures were ... check out these 15 epic extinct animals. If they were still ...

Some species were first discovered centuries ago and were given scientific names without an accompanying etymology, leaving ...

In that era, government-sponsored extermination programs for native wild animals, like wolves and grizzly bears, were common.

Documents seen by the Mail last month confirmed the first known case in Scotland where a school had recognised a pupil ...

In 2013, scientists discovered that dolphins identify each other by unique names and that they ... "As these animals are becoming more common as trophy reptiles in zoos, they can easily become ...