When life seems a little too serious, there's nothing like animal jokes to make you roar (or hoot or howl) with laughter I’ve been a stand-up and improv comic for 30 years, and I know for a fact ...

The 550-million-year-old Quaestio simpsonorum is the first fossil to show a definitive left-right asymmetry, an important sign of evolutionary development in the history of animals. In 1947 ...

Cute features in babies and animals are more than just amusing—they trigger powerful evolutionary responses that help our species’ survival. Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo that has become ...

The Mesolithic saw the occupation of Ireland by ... in available foodstuffs than its neighbours as many of the plants, animals and fish that were found in Britain (then still connected to the ...

Human beings live every day with the understanding of our own mortality, but do animals have any concept of death? It's a question that has long intrigued scientists, fueled by reports of ants ...

A deep-sea submersible found worms and snails living in cavities below the sea floor — the first time animals have been discovered in such habitats. The creatures may have been pushed into their ...

In its recent work—published today in Nature Communications—the team used the remotely operated vehicle SuBastian on the research vessel Falkor (too) to identify animals typically associated ...

CETI hopes that if humans can understand what’s going on inside whales’ minds—and, eventually, the minds of other animals—it might inspire greater conservation strides. The group has good ...

The discovery helps answer how life evolved on Earth. Quaestio simpsonorum is the first animal to show a definitive left-right asymmetry, an important sign of evolutionary development. The team's ...

Spiders swinging lassos, ants setting deadly traps and turtles with deceiving tongues — these animals have the most cunning methods of hunting their prey. In the animal kingdom, predators rely ...

Q: Who is the music director of Animal? A: The music of Animal has been composed by Pritam Chakraborty, Vishal Mishra, Manan Bhardwaj, Shreyas Puranik, Jaani, Ashim Kemson, Harshavardhan Rameshwar ...

Throughout the year, the International Union for Conservation of Nature curates a Red List of endangered animals for government, non-profits, and individuals to access. This evolving list updates ...