The 550-million-year-old Quaestio simpsonorum is the first fossil to show a definitive left-right asymmetry, an important sign of evolutionary development in the history of animals. In 1947 ...

Cute features in babies and animals are more than just amusing—they trigger powerful evolutionary responses that help our species’ survival. Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo that has become ...

Human beings live every day with the understanding of our own mortality, but do animals have any concept of death? It's a question that has long intrigued scientists, fueled by reports of ants ...

A deep-sea submersible found worms and snails living in cavities below the sea floor — the first time animals have been discovered in such habitats. The creatures may have been pushed into their ...

CETI hopes that if humans can understand what’s going on inside whales’ minds—and, eventually, the minds of other animals—it might inspire greater conservation strides. The group has good ...

In its recent work—published today in Nature Communications—the team used the remotely operated vehicle SuBastian on the research vessel Falkor (too) to identify animals typically associated ...

The discovery helps answer how life evolved on Earth. Quaestio simpsonorum is the first animal to show a definitive left-right asymmetry, an important sign of evolutionary development. The team's ...

Spiders swinging lassos, ants setting deadly traps and turtles with deceiving tongues — these animals have the most cunning methods of hunting their prey. In the animal kingdom, predators rely ...

But his ideas that animals are conscious in the same way humans are have long been shunned. Until now. "There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure ...

Get your daily dose of much-needed serotonin with these cute animals. There’s nothing more uplifting than looking at photos of cute animals. When you’re searching for a mid-day pastime or trying to ...

Different animal species have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 during the pandemic. This has mostly happened after close contact with people infected with the virus. We're still ...

Meet Sibert and Red Cloud, baby black-footed ferrets that mark the first successful live births from a cloned endangered species. 100 years ago, a US river refuge was saved with a letter-writing ...