One subspecies, the boreal woodland caribou, is one of the largest animals in the taiga. Found across a vast region of Canada and Alaska, these caribou spend the majority of their lives among ...

The largest land animal is the African savanna elephant, which weighs up to 7 tons and stands 13 feet tall. In addition to being the largest animal on land, the African elephant is also the ...

Research on whether animals can recognize themselves in the mirror began in 1970 1 and just a handful of species have since passed the test ever since. While we are the only species to scrutinize ...

Homosexual behavior is much more common across the animal kingdom than we first thought, new research has found. Scientists found that 78 percent of animal behavior experts had seen some degree of ...

For as long as humans have had consciousness, animals, real or imagined, revered or feared, have been an integral part of our storytelling. Emblems of power and supernatural energy, animals are ...

June 20, 2024 — Insecticide use is a major factor causing a decrease in the size and diversity of butterfly populations across the US Midwest, according to a new ... Wild Yeasts from Patagonia ...

But some of the smartest crows of all may be found in the animal physiology lab at the University of Tübingen in Germany. It’s there that the birds are mastering a skill you couldn’t manage ...

Mark Naniot remembers 2022 as the summer from hell. As the co-founder of Wild Instincts animal rescue in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, Naniot and his team spent the season sweating in gloves ...

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 ...

KOYA, Wakayama Prefecture—A cafe near Kongobuji ... (Buddhist cuisine curry), opened its doors in the summer of 2022. Animal-based ingredients such as meat and fish are not used in “shojin ...

May 23, 2024 — When it comes to the animal kingdom, bigger is better. Well, at least for proboscis monkeys, famously known for their long, large and droopy noses. ... Fruit Fly Brain Shows How ...