“The flight zone is another way to describe an animal’s personal space.” That mere concept, as common to the stockmen, silently discusses why domesticated wild creatures can still act in an irregular ...

If humans can grow meat in labs, we could feed wild predators and reduce predation in nature.

As unexpected wildlife encounters are part of living in Southern California, a Pasadena-based nonprofit is offering solutions to peacefully coexist with nature. When uninvited guests – racoons, owls, ...

Psychologists know that childhood trauma, or the experience of harmful or adverse events, can have lasting repercussions on the health and well-being of people well into adulthood. But while the ...

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) – With all the snow and ice that has covered the ground over the past several weeks, some may be concerned ...

In the largest study of its kind, scientists have accurately documented the massive change in animal morphology over the last 1,000 years, with domesticated animals growing larger across the board and ...

When large and warty cane toads were first brought to Australia nearly 100 years ago, they had a simple mission: to gobble up beetles and other pests in the sugarcane fields. Today, though, the toads ...

Some years back, a Great Blue Heron dropped out of the sky and into our family’s garden. The bird did not move and it looked tired. When we cautiously entered the garden, it did not try to step away, ...

Why can't we stop anthropomorphizing our animal friends and foes? Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz / Orca image from Christopher Michel via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY 2.0 / Bird and dolphin via ...

Cougars strolled down the streets of Santiago, Chile. Goats took over a small Welsh town. Jackals played in a park in Tel Aviv. And sea lions made themselves at home in a port town in Argentina. These ...

They can act inadvertently witty, comically clumsy, laughingly foolish or simply truly funny. But are they aware of it? Do wild animals have a sense of humor? Or are humans the only species to possess ...

India is one of the biologically most diverse nations in the world, with thousands of species of animals and birds. In an ...