A diorama of some of the earliest animals on Earth. Image via Wiki Commons. An ancient fossil bed in Mongolia preserves tiny ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has shed light on the evolution of an important yet thus far poorly understood ...

Molecular clocks push the dawn of animal life back to a frozen world 800 million years ago.

Do animals dream while hibernating? According to Abbie Jordan of the British science publication BBC Science Focus Magazine, ...

Groundbreaking study shows machine learning can decode emotions in seven ungulate species. A game-changer for animal welfare? Can artificial intelligence help us understand what animals feel? A ...

Researchers keep pulling unnamed animals from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a vast stretch of abyssal Pacific seafloor between Hawaii and Mexico where commercial interest in polymetallic nodule mining ...

How do animal behavior researchers feel about the feelings of animals? A new survey helps to answer that question. The journal Royal Society Open Science published a survey of 100 researchers of ...

The broad consensus is that many species are sentient. Humans have had relationships with their pets for thousands of years, talking to them, coddling them, and imbuing them with human attributes. But ...

Philosopher Susana Monsó's book Playing Possum, newly translated into English next month, makes the strong case that many animals big and small understand the concept of death. Reading time 8 minutes ...