Animals

As temperatures rise, some creatures pick fights while others struggle to learn

From tiny hamsters to giant salamanders, here are some of the most unusual examples of fatherhood across the animal kingdom

Galapagos sharks have been spotted scrubbing off parasites with help from manta rays

What does it take for an insect or worm to live full-time on a glacier?

Fossilized poo harbors remains from mammoths, bison and big cats, including some of the oldest DNA ever reconstructed

Controlling a small group of “noisy” sheep holds hints for computer algorithms

The fossilized remains of more than 450 whales have amassed along a 750-mile-long stretch of the Indian Ocean floor

Dogs spontaneously aid struggling humans the way young children do—whereas cats wait until they stand to benefit

In a new study, an AI tool identified images of seahorse, shark fin and sea cucumber samples in luggage

Bumblebees appear to be capable of coming up with creative solutions to new problems to get a sugary reward—and their strategies include cheating

This marks the first case of the New World screwworm in U.S. livestock since the parasite was eliminated in the country in the 1960s

These sounds could be used to track the health of populations of the endangered Atlantic sturgeon