Scientists have created the world's oldest family tree from bones interred at a 5,700-year-old tomb.

The meat industry is, to put it bluntly, unfathomably cruel. Every day, billions of animals across the USA survive in horrific conditions

As human populations expand into what was once the territory of wild animals, we've drastically altered their natural environment and living conditions. The dilemma of how we should consider and treat wild animals, has never been more difficult than it is right now. So how much should we intervene?

Octopuses, crabs and lobsters are capable of experiencing pain or suffering, according to a review commissioned by the UK government, which has added the creatures to a list of sentient beings to be given protection under new animal welfare laws.

Among this year's winners are a trio of gossipy raccoons, a joyful bird reunion and an all-powerful prairie dog.

This comic is about a lot of things, but mostly it is about butts.

A new study explains how elephants evolved to be both large and cancer resistant.

Chinese smugglers and Mexican cartels are driving the Mexican porpoise towards extinction, but hope still remains, learn why now.

In a legal first, hippopotamuses located in Colombia that were once owned by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar are now considered 'interested persons.'

No sightings confirmed of Shelley’s Eagle Owl since 1870s

When Gina Paola Serna studied to become a biologist and veterinarian in Colombia, she never expected to one day be tasked with neutering an invasive herd of hippos that once belonged to Pablo Escobar.

A native species of mouse that was last seen in Tasmania's north-east 17 years ago has been caught on camera on Flinders Island — sniffing a stick dipped in peanut butter.

If John Serrati had been told 10 years ago he would someday be the proud owner of a cow, he says you could have knocked him over with a feather. But that day came this summer after his 11-year-old daughter, Zoe Serrati, came face-to-face with a six-month-old calf named Olive.

It’s more evidence a lab leak is very unlikely.

Lani Malmberg travels with a few hundred goats, which eat the tall brush and grasses that power Western wildfires.

The 2021 Competitionis now closed but thePeople's Choice Awardvote is open!

Kalbi the pink piglet was treated like any other beloved pet. Despite its tongue-in-cheek name—Kalbi means roasted short ribs in Korean—the pig was dressed in cute get-ups and swaddled in blankets like a baby. Heartwarming videos of the pig earned a YouTube channel over 100,000 followers just weeks following its debut.

Rearing virus-resistant birds could benefit humans too, say scientists, and Covid may have made us more open to the controversial technology

Kairuku waewaeroa roamed Earth during the Oligocene epoch, between 27 and 35 million years ago. “The penguin is similar to the Kairuku giant penguins first described from Otago but has much longer legs,” said Dr. Daniel Thomas, a senior lecturer in zoology in the School of Natural and Computational Sciences at Massey University.

Over a decade ago, behavioral ecologist Diane Colombelli-Négrel was wiring superb fairy wrens’ nests to record the birds’ sounds when she noticed something odd. Mother fairy wrens sang while incubating their eggs, even though it would have made more sense to keep quiet to avoid attracting predators.