Although we've all experienced the sensation of "eating" with our eyes and noses before food meets mouth, much less is known about the information superhighway, known as the vagus nerve, that sends ...

Discover how human whalers and killer whales teamed up to hunt on the Australian coast in what is known as the Law of the Tongue.

In this case, a gentle Pit Bull named Kimmy has been trained to do something surprisingly adorable: find a tiny kitten and carefully bring her back to mom. She's basically the best kitten nanny ever.

Nonetheless, the findings may shed new light on the deep-rooted, cross-species nature of emotional connection, suggesting that the human ability to empathize and mirror emotions extends beyond ...

Animals on land and sea use sound for different purposes – and alterations in their environment can change the effect it has ...

Roughly 425 million years ago, in the warm seas over what is now southern China, there lived a meter-long bony fish with jaws ...

I knew I was going to love Pokémon Pokopia the moment I pressed the shoulder button and - instead of whipping out a ...

First it was Whale Wars, now it’s krill wars. The groups that took on Japanese whaling in Antarctica now have a new industry in their sights.

Aden Kahr Humans have long been fascinated by crystals. Archaeological evidence suggests our ancestors have treasured small quartz and calcite stones for at least 780,000 years, often bringing them ...

County officials said the raccoon was involved in an incident on Wednesday between Martin Luther King Boulevard and Umstead Drive in Chapel Hill. According to the county, someone tried to remove the ...

As foot-and-mouth disease cases rise in South Africa, many are left wondering: Is it still safe to consume beef and red meat?

From an animal that’s not actually an animal, to the world’s only venomous primate, there are some unusual deadly animals in ...