Humans have climbed to the top of the food chain by skillfully hunting, trapping, and fishing for other animals at scales that far exceed other predators, altering how the animals behave and earning ...

A biologist has been studying animals like hedgehogs and chimpanzees and has found evidence of a secret language that mammals ...

The human ability to cook may seem ordinary, but it marks one of the most important evolutionary turning points in our ...

Polar bear encounters with humans are a regular concern for scientists and communities near polar bear habitats, but new research is showing the bears' reasons for coming in contact with humans might ...

Chicks, just like pets, also benefit from gentle human touch, new research has revealed. Scientists at the University of ...

1. Curiosity in Motion When an animal stops and stares, it’s not always a warning or a threat, it’s curiosity taking the lead ...

Humans aren’t the only animals with hot tempers. In 2016, ecologist Kristen Cecala and a colleague watched black-bellied salamanders (Desmognathus amphileucus) from Appalachian streams lunge at one ...

Animals may behave similarly in cities because they learn from each other how to exploit novel human food sources. For ...