Did you know that some squirrels, otters and goats are capable of autofellatio?  And ferrets, macaques and dolphins can use rocks, plants and other objects as sex toys? 

Animals can sleep on the wing, standing up, sitting in a tree or diving in the ocean. Many don't close their eyes, and some don't even have eyelids. Here are some of the strangest ways to snooze.

Animal Transform Race is a fun game based on reaction where different types of animals compete. Each animal is fast in some areas and very slow in some tracks according to their abilities. 

Learn why supplements are vital for horse nutrition. This guide by PetCareClub explains how supplements help maintain your horse's health and what factors to consider.

The guitarist has spent a decade studying the science of bovine tuberculosis and identified a new method of spread.

Bluespotted ribbontail rays create blue in a unique way, researchers report in a new study.

Evidence of the oldest known platypus and a new species ‘echidnapus’.

Are wombats the accidental heroes of the Australian bush? After the Black Summer bushfires, we set up 56 cameras to capture animal activity in areas with and without wombat burrows to find out.

Tardigrades are possibly the most indestructible animal on Earth.

When you view the world a certain way, it's easy to forget not everyone has the same vision.

Asian elephants loudly mourn and bury their dead calves, according to a study by Indian scientists that details animal behaviour reminiscent of human funeral rites.

In a stark example of how everything on our living planet is interconnected, one species of tiny, invasive insects has reduced lions' abilities to feast on zebras.

Reactivating the connection in elderly mice revived their motivation, transforming them from couch potatoes into impressive joggers.

The extraction of bear bile involves animals being hunted and caged in farms across Asia, despite the fact the trade in these products is illegal almost everywhere – including Australia. But there is an end in sight.

In an unprecedented encounter, a research team successfully engaged in a "conversation" with a humpback whale named Twain.

Nutria, hammerhead worms, and Asian longhorned ticks are among the strange invasive animal species damaging ecosystems in the US.

Movement is growing to give legal rights and political representation to nonhuman animals, species and places

A hatchery and protected sanctuary in South Africa is boosting penguin numbers.

There are now seven known species of soft-furred hedgehogs, which look like a cross between a mouse and a shrew

An ecologist, a mathematician and a taxonomist were locked down together in a suburban house. So they counted all the species of plants and animals they could find.