Gifted word learner dogs seem capable of eavesdropping about as well as 18-month-old toddlers, the study researchers say.
It's just like grandpa used to say: It's a frog-eat-murder-hornet world out there.
The researchers describe it as a "potential" example of tool use among wolves.
New research suggests the annoying birds are sensitive to how we say things.
A new study suggests that individuals in naked mole-rat colonies are assigned specific roles, including digging, garbage transport, and “toilet” duties.
The famed primatologist's research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human.
New research from the Dog Aging Project found that average trainability scores declined after 2020, but ticked back up again in 2023.
New research finds that “tit divorce” is less arbitrary than biologists thought, revealing a complex social side to these common European songbirds.
Many dog-specific TV programs are available today, but not all are suited to your unique pet.
A newly discovered cell helps pythons digest entire skeletons—and might be present in other bone-eating predators, too.
Ed's escape shut down a highway in the area at one point.
Research out today is the first to document nematodes in the wild amassing into towers, likely as a way to reach new places.
A street-smart bird used crosswalk signals to sneak up on unsuspecting birds, a study finds.
A capuchin named Joker started the apparent trend, leading researchers to suspect "there was something a little quirky about him, or that he was kind of lonely in a way.”
New research identifies a unique mutation found only in cats that explains their orangeness.
Brood XIV will emerge this summer to overwhelm predators, shake up ecosystems, and terrify everyone with eardrums.
A cute observation in the cephalopods' behavior indicates they also react to sound waves, a notion that will soon be tested with a machine learning approach.
Sharks rarely bite humans in the first place. And in a new study Friday, researchers have found that some of these bites are wholly defensive.
A new book due out in March delves into the rich and complex world of animal self-medication.
Researchers at Kyoto University have found that contagious peeing is common among chimps at a local sanctuary.
