View of Gentoo penguins in Cuverville Island, in the western Antarctic peninsula on March 04, 2016. The harshness of the elements defines life at the Poles. But for the animals who inhabit these icy ...

Streets, walls, concrete—cities may seem like a harsh environment. Yet some animals adapt remarkably well. A new study ...

While sight and hearing often take center stage, olfaction – or smell – is an essential tool that helps creatures navigate their surroundings, find food and communicate with one another. Mammals have ...

When George Orwell published “Animal Farm” 80 years ago, he intended the book — in which barnyard animals rebel against their human overlords to create an egalitarian society, only to slide back into ...

Global warming and intensifying wildfires are disrupting dragonfly mating patterns, threatening to push some species toward ...

Animal teeth serve purposes beyond eating. Sperm whales use teeth to grip prey. Narwhals possess a unique tusk for competition. African elephants empl ...

A new paper examines the possible effects of two properties of receiver playing fields documented in studies of animal psychology -- habituation and neural adaptation -- on the efficacy of mate choice ...

Andy Serkis remembered the first time he read George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.” It was around the same time that he first read J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” (“I can’t remember which one I’d read first,” ...

Betty Ford Alpine Gardens invites the community to discover the remarkable survival strategies of Colorado’s mountain wildlife during “Habitats and Adaptations,” a captivating educational program with ...

Spider-Ham is the most widely recognized Marvel superhero animal variant. "Peter Porker" is a pig who was bitten by a radioactive arachnid and became an iconic hero. The character's role in the Spider ...