Horses can detect fear in humans by smell, becoming more likely to startle and more wary of people who are scared, a new study has found.

Wildlife encounters have a unique power to reshape how people see the world and their place within it. Observing animals in ...

Science and common sense show diverse animals are feeling beings who care about what happens to themselves and others, and ...

More than 14,000 years ago, a wolf pup ate a piece of woolly rhino. Scientists have analyzed the rhino's DNA to figure out ...

When it comes to human deaths caused by animals, the biggest threats aren’t always the fiercest-looking predators—but those ...

The rare gharial, a relative of the crocodile, was seen basking on a sandy bank after drifting far downstream from its usual ...

Officials in Newmarket, Ontario, are warning residents to be on the lookout for coyotes after a spike in sightings.

Finding a mate is hard in the animal kingdom! As these strangest animal mating rituals show, it sometimes gets even more ...

The Sikharchandi hilltop in the city of Bhubaneswar was closed to visitors after two elephants were spotted in the area.

Comedian Rob Potylo said he was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis while performing ...

Snakes have adapted to nearly every continent on Earth, thriving in a range of habitats, from steaming rainforests to arid ...

As instances of human-animal encounters rise, experts step in to advice of possible ways of peaceful coexistence ...