Animals

A new study finds that chimpanzee babies learn vocal and visual communication patterns from their mothers. The findings may shed light on the way human babies learn from those close to them.

Although "dog" is ubiquitous today to describe man's best friend, it remains a mystery where the word originally came from.

The Mojave Desert tortoise has long been considered a threatened species, but in June, California declared it endangered.

Asher Watkins had been tracking a cape buffalo for the kill when the animal instead turned its attack on the hunter.

The Aalborg Zoo in Denmark said it would take certain surplus pets such as chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs to be "gently euthanized" and fed to its captive predators.

When female gorillas leave one social group and join another, they tend to seek out groups with other females that they've lived with in the past, showing the power of long-term relationships.

A new study from Oxford University finds that a common European songbird sometimes divorces its partner between breeding seasons.

For most pet primates in the United States, life is marked by chronic stress, malnutrition and illness — if they survive at all. A bill in Congress would aim to make ownership of captive primates illegal in all 50 states.

Scientists are far from knowing all of the complexities of Earth's ocean. With this comic, we explore some of what scientists do know, like its role as one of the world's largest carbon sinks and how life changes as the waters get deeper.

How do scientists monitor the populations of the threatened California red-legged frog? With careful listening and a little help from AI.