Beluga whales indulge in wife swapping to enhance their long term survival chances, reveals new research. Ground-breaking DNA ...

In a 13-year study, researchers found beluga whales "mate swap" to preserve genetic diversity in isolated environments.

This is the first recorded instance of a bovine using tools from her environment to relieve an itch—leaving scientists ...

A popular idea suggests a link between big brains and a rich social life, but octopuses don't fit the pattern, which suggests ...

Whales, dolphins and other marine mammals are highly social, but those social ties can also help diseases spread through ...

Nature is full of surprises, but few are as fascinating as hybrid animals, creatures born from crossing two different species ...

A pet cow named Veronika uses a tool in a surprisingly sophisticated way—possibly because she has been allowed to live her ...

A pet cow in Austria named Veronika picks up sticks with her mouth and uses them to scratch herself—which a team at ...

The Sumatran rhino looks like it wandered out of another era and somehow got lost in the present day. Smaller than its ...

Field photos courtesy Cetacean Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution Lab (CEBEL), Flinders University. Whales, dolphins and other ...

Language feels simple when we use it. We talk, we text, we listen, and words seem to appear naturally from thought. But the ...

Let’s say it’s 2036, and scientists are working on a new class of drugs. Today, for instance, pharmaceutical companies use ...