A Washington Post article last week tried to explain the young calf’s popularity, citing scientific evidence for how the cuteness of animals “hijacks our brains,” similar to the way a baby ...

Some say that ground zero for the pandemic was a live animal market in Wuhan, China. Others argue that SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus that causes COVID) leaked from a nearby laboratory that was ...

Though measuring animal intelligence is tricky, some animals show remarkable cognitive abilities that may rival our own. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Time for a round of laughs with the finalists for the 2024 Comedy Wildlife Awards. The shortlist announced Wednesday are “a cracking collection of amazing, jaw dropping and laugh out loud photos ...

It was absolutely amazing.” The family says they still have dry cows that they kept at the farm and heffers who aren’t in need of milking. Their priority is making sure the cattle that were ...

In the vast and diverse world of the animal kingdom, the size of an animal’s brain relative to its body can offer a fascinating window into its cognitive abilities. From the depths of the oceans to ...

Rocks crumble into the sea as sand. Similarly, the ocean is an inevitable destination of disintegrating human rubbish: microplastics. Much like a natural sediment, these tiny synthetic granules also ...

There are a surprising number of exotic pets and animals out there. Usually, owning one requires some extensive paperwork, jumping through some legal hoops, or preparing yourself for a much higher ...

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The hunt for the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic has new leads. Researchers have identified half a dozen animal species that could have passed SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 ...

A new peer-reviewed paper presents evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic started in a seafood market in Wuhan, China, where many of the first cases of the disease were identified. The paper ...

Abundant, exposed fossils in South Africa’s Karoo Basin include dicynodont skulls with tusks that curve down and back, like those of the long-bodied animal depicted in roughly 200-year-old rock ...