Scientists are beginning to focus on the effects of social sleep among humans and animals. Veuer’s Matt Hoffman reports.

Jane Goodall kisses Tess, a female chimpanzee, at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary near Nanyuki, north of Nairobi, on ...

The Dog Aging Project enrolled 50,000 companion animals to track aging as it naturally unfolds. The first major findings from ...

The inspiration for Dr. David Dosa’s Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat, this cat possessed ...

Jellyfish Day honors one of Earth’s oldest and most fascinating creatures, glowing reminders of resilience beneath the waves.

Animals used in research aren’t just hidden from sight. They’re objectified, or “de-animalized,” as Melanie D.G. Kaplan ...

While puzzling captchas—from dogs in hats to sliding jockstraps—still exist, most bot-deterring challenges have vanished into ...

Neuroscience has long worshiped the neocortex—the brain’s hub for sophisticated thought. But consciousness may originate ...

A robot “dog” may soon make its way from a Purdue entomology lab to fetch real-time data on tick populations in the wild.

Forest Minister orders inquiry into the electrocution of two wild elephants in Belagavi, citing protocol violations during wildlife sightings.

“People can’t get enough food in one day,” said Marcel Sebastian, an elderly fisherman I met in the village. He’s been ...

A man lies awake, uneasy about something he read online. A dark night. A noise in  the yard. He gets up, looks out the window, and sees what looks like the tail of a cat — larger than usual — slipping ...