As research clearly shows that animals have rich cultural traditions and active minds, Philippa Brakes stresses how vital it ...

Many folks in southern coastal areas know about strand feeding, the remarkable fish-catching behavior demonstrated by ...

Light pollution, or artificial light at night (ALAN), is a widespread phenomenon in areas with dense human populations.

Researchers have recovered and sequenced Mycobacterium lepromatosis genomes from 4,000-year-old human remains in Chile, ...

Orcas, also known as killer whales, are among the most intelligent and social of marine mammals. They live in tight-knit pods ...

Road ecology, the scientific study of how road networks impact ecosystems, presents a perfect opportunity for community ...

In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

This dramatic shrinking is the phenotypic manifestation of a change to the cod genome that’s been brought on by overfishing. That’s the message from a new study that has demonstrated, for the first ...

The swamps of Georgia and South Carolina harbor something more dangerous than the alligators for which they’re best known.