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 ...

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 ...

Scarlett Howard currently has funding from the Australian Research Council and the Hermon Slade Foundation. These tasks seem completely irrelevant to these animals in their natural environment, so why ...

Becky Thomas does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

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 ...

Chris Sherwood’s excellent piece on animal communication, “If only they could talk”, reminded me of an essay I wrote for New Scientist more than 30 years ago (21 May 1994) headlined “Why can’t we talk ...