In today's human-dominated and overpopulated world, there are few, if any, countries in which species of nonhuman animal (animals) aren't under assault by humans who wantonly trespass into their homes ...

Despite movements to end testing, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and other companies continue to test on hundreds of millions of ...

Did you know goldfish can learn to drive cars? Have you heard bumblebees can learn to pull on a string? Would you believe some primates can perform calculations with Arabic numerals? These tasks seem ...

Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener questions about the natural world. “I am wondering why animals lick their wounds. . . . I see my dog do it, but I don't think ...

What has puzzled researchers and philosophers for many centuries is the ‘why’ of sleep, along with the ‘how’. We human animals know from experience that we need to sleep, and that the longer we go ...

Animals have evolved to eat a lot of different things, even stuff that barely passes for food, and it shapes our entire lives from what we look like to where we live. Today, we’ll talk about why being ...