Animals at watering holes in South Africa were twice as likely to flee in response to recordings of humans talking compared with sounds of lions

If a whale comes across a patch of kelp, it may well start playing with it. This practice may also be useful to rid whales of unwanted passengers.

Virtually every animal on Earth can thank their mother for the energy that fuels each of their cells.

Tally rises to 27,000 but is still a far cry from former half a million, and Javan and Sumatran rhino remain critically endangered

The moose was likely getting scared.

As elephants wander the African savannah, they might keep in touch with relatives by calling out their individual 'names'.

Researchers are howling with delight after discovering a new pack of endangered gray wolves in California.

A new investigation exposes the stomach-churning practice that goes into making your bacon.

Owls are masterpieces of adaption, having honed their expertise as night predators over millions of years. Two new books delve into the world of these birds and the battle to protect certain species.

Hangzhou zoo insists animals are real after video of one standing on hind legs triggers online speculation

Squawks, creaky doors, trills, bellows and a lot of grunts — our wildlife makes some bizarre and beguiling noises. But which one should get the shout-out as Australia's favourite animal sound? It's time to make a call.

Nature has tried some pretty wild approaches to life's problems over the eons, and that's true for vision.

Dutch study identifies several examples of corvids’ ‘amazing’ ability to adapt to the urban environment

From jellyfish to genius, the amazing diversity of animal minds around us evolved through five major changes in the computational capacity of brains.

You know instantly when someone is speaking to an infant or small child. It turns out that dolphin mothers also use a kind of high-pitched baby talk.

In and around the Strait of Gibraltar that divides Spain from Morocco, orcas are behaving in odd and aggressive ways.

Seals had disappeared from Belgium by the end of last century but now their numbers are on the rise.

Authorities attempt to find a permanent habitat for it as activists criticise its "brutal" treatment.

Researchers tracked 2,300 wild mammals during the strict 2020 lockdowns and found they moved 73% further than in the previous year.