We often applaud animals for learning tricks. But until recently, we rarely acknowledged that significant intelligence ...

These incidents are part of a troubling trend in which tourists get too close to wildlife for photos or videos. Accounts like ...

"They will defend themselves if they perceive a threat." Hiker captures heart-pounding video while hiding from massive wild ...

Human movement today is about 40 times greater than the combined movement of all wild animals - including land mammals, birds, and arthropods.

In the largest study of its kind, scientists have accurately documented the massive change in animal morphology over the last 1,000 years, with domesticated animals growing larger across the board and ...

As unexpected wildlife encounters are part of living in Southern California, a Pasadena-based nonprofit is offering solutions to peacefully coexist with nature. When uninvited guests – racoons, owls, ...

Psychologists know that childhood trauma, or the experience of harmful or adverse events, can have lasting repercussions on the health and well-being of people well into adulthood. But while the ...

Some years back, a Great Blue Heron dropped out of the sky and into our family’s garden. The bird did not move and it looked tired. When we cautiously entered the garden, it did not try to step away, ...

At 5 a.m., six keepers file into the Houston Zoo's commissary kitchen and spend the next five hours chopping produce, portioning meat and weighing hay. By the time the rest of the zoo staff arrives, ...