Evolutionarily speaking, the ultimate goal of a lifeform is to reproduce and stave off extinction. Many plants and animals ...

From dodos to dugongs, mythical birds to magical horses, these 15 weirdest national animals from around the world truly let ...

Animals that researchers call “supersucklers” come back for their mother’s milk even after they can hunt, mate and fend for ...

More than 59 different primate species have been observed participating in some kind of same-sex behaviors, making it ...

Black-bulb yam’s mimicry tricks birds into spreading its berrylike clones. The plant's novel strategy helps it spread without ...

Bonds between same-sex individuals help apes and monkeys to manage conflict and strengthen alliances, especially in dry ...

‘Le Petit Mort’ or ‘the little death’ is the euphamistic term for orgasm. But for some animals, sex and death are more ...

An Instagram post about the last two northern white rhinos references a scenario conservationists have warned us about for ...

According to WJAR, researchers at the Center for Coastal Studies were conducting a routine survey when they spotted the whale ...

Rolf Benirschke, former San Diego Chargers placekicker, has been elected chairman of the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.

The twins were born to a 22-year-old female named Mafuko, who lost her own mother to armed individuals. The extremely ...

A large-scale analysis of 117 mammal species found that preventing reproduction is associated with longer lifespans, suggesting a strong link between reproductive activity and life expectancy. Why do ...