Scientists who systematically eavesdropped on bat roosts in Costa Rica have discovered baby-bat babbling bears a striking resemblance to that of human infants. The bats produce rhythmic sounds and repeat key "building-block syllables". And this suggests - just like in human infants - their babbling lays the foundations for communication.

Yale researchers observing the brains of closed-eyed baby mice found waves that help explain why mammals can navigate their environment so soon after birth.

Dogs tend to ignore suggestions from people who are lying, hinting that – unlike human infants and some other primates – they might recognise when a person is being deceptive

‘They grow bigger than you think and contribute to poor water quality by mucking up the bottom sediments and uprooting plants,’ warns Minnesota town

Puppies outpace wolf pups at engaging with humans, even with less exposure to people, supporting the idea that domestication has wired dogs’ brains.

Now that the number of pandas in the wild has reached 1,800, Chinese officials have reclassified them as "vulnerable."

Bird populations have declined so drastically that this year, there are 3 billion fewer birds in North America than there were in 1970.

A whale shark, rare corals, and a transparent octopus are just some of the animals researchers found in the depths of the Pacific.

Letter: Dr Lynne Sneddon, who was the first to identify the existence of nociceptors in a fish, on the latest research in her field

Octopuses have an "active" phase of sleep, the kind that might involve dreaming, but they probably don't have long, complicated dreams like people do.

Mutations in a gene typically found throughout the nervous system rob rabbits of their ability to hop. Instead, the animals walk on their front paws.

Octopuses cycle between quiet and active phases of sleep, similar to reptiles and birds, and may experience dreams during the active parts

Studies on the central lateral thalamus might lead to new therapies for people dealing with brain traumas, injuries, or disorders of consciousness.

The National Trust says the dam in Somerset "might look modest, but it is incredibly special".

While humans domesticate plants and animals, these relationships are surprisingly rare in other species. Our new study found a species of fish that appears to have domesticated a kind of tiny shrimp.

Monkeys, much like humans, could be engaged in the process of self-domesticating themselves, altering the course of their own evolution and physiology through the way they behave with one another, new research suggests.

But demand for ivory and rhino horn shows signs of falling, says UN wildlife crime report

You'd be surprised where great white sharks spend a lot of their time hunting prey. Understanding how these predators feed is important for managing human-shark interactions. World-first research into shark stomach contents from University of Sydney and NSW Government scientists.

Animals that can do basic arithmetic show us that some really are capable of understanding the terms they use and the connections between them.

Over a 79-day period, feral felines killed just two rats, instead opting to hunt less challenging prey