The long, wailing shriek is an unholy sound, somewhere between a soul in torment and a celebrity being dunked in maggots by ...

In the book "The Call of the Honeyguide," applied ecologist Rob Dunn explores mutually beneficial relationships between ...

Any evolutionary biologist will tell you that humans are social creatures, with brains wired for touch, intimacy, and love.

News footage these days sometimes shows wild horses crowding dry rangelands in the American West or deer wandering through suburban streets, highlighting the growing problem of wildlife ...

A new genetic study suggests interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans may have been biased toward male ...

Scientists fed Aedes aegypti mosquitoes blood laced with weakened rabies and Nipah viruses, then let those insects bite bats ...

There's only a little time remaining in the coyote-mating season, but that doesn't mean Massachusetts residents shouldn't be ...

The San Diego Humane Society is encourages coexistence, not conflict, during Coyote Awareness Week. The efforts serve as a ...

Kakapos, which are reclusive and flightless and can live as long as humans, are found only in New Zealand. They feed on the ...

Drones flying above the waters of Shetland have captured rare footage of harbor porpoises gathering in unusually large groups ...

With the face of a Muppet and the physique of a Furby, the Kākāpō is an all-around preposterous creature. It’s nocturnal, lime green and, as science-fiction writer Douglas Adams wrote, “flies like a ...