Animals

How do scientists actually study beavers? How do beavers build dams? And what is “beaver butt juice”?

Raccoons might want to break into your trash can even without delicious leftovers inside

Dolphins washing up on the shores of Patagonia may have been fleeing orcas in the area

Consciousness and animal communications experts weigh in on whether the mind-melding science in Hoppers could ever be possible

Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there are still huge hurdles to overcome

You might have a love-hate relationship with daylight saving time, but research shows that urban wildlife may stand to benefit

Scientists have discovered a potential path out of devastating genetic bottlenecks that could help these Australian animals, as well as many other vulnerable and endangered species

Using a synchrotron powered CT scanner, the Antscan project created an open-source digital library cataloguing thousands of 3D ant specimens

A massive bloom of rimu berries fueled a mating surge among the world’s heaviest (and strangest) parrots

Fossils show exceptionally rare evidence of a cloacal vent—the slit that most vertebrates use to excrete, have sex and lay egg—which could shed light on the evolution of the orifice

Punch, a monkey that went viral after he was abandoned by his mother in a Japanese zoo, is reminiscent of a foundational attachment theory experiment

The release of 158 specially bred Floreana giant tortoises is a win for both the animal and its long-lost island ecosystem