We found that most transitions to land were accompanied by a large gene turnover, with many gene gains and reductions ...

You already know the platypus is strange. It’s the animal that lays eggs, has a duck bill, shoots venom from its ankles, and ...

Humans and animals like the same sounds, new research reveals, proving Charles Darwin correct. The findings show that people ...

New research by Smithsonian scientists suggests that preferences for certain sounds might be evolutionarily conserved ...

The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers, and the euphonious melodies of songbirds all evolved as ...

Animals do all sorts of things to attract each other as potential mates. Many birds, for example, produce feathers with ...

From obesity in cats and dogs and osteoarthritis in pigs, to cancer in whales and high blood glucose in racoons, chronic diseases are increasingly becoming a concern across the animal world, a recent ...

Your taste in music may feel unique, but there may be something more biologically innate driving your acoustic choices: A new ...

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment.

A new study found that animals are eating fruit containing ethanol, a chemical used to make alcohol, more often than previously thought. Photo by Daniel Restrepo Londono via Unsplash Humans are no ...

Endangered species are animals that are at risk of disappearing forever, typically animals with dangerously low population numbers, shrinking habitats and a loss of geographic range. There are animals ...