While lifelong partnerships may seem rare, many animals form bonds that last for years or even a lifetime. From birds that reunite with the same partner season after season to mammals that raise ...

Even the tiniest discoveries can have outsized significance, a worm in a salty lake hints at life yet to be found.

City environments subject animals to noise, light, crowding, and fragmented habitats that subtly but powerfully reshape how they communicate.

At Good Life Refuge, a farm animal sanctuary north of Longmont, animals get everything they need to live safe, happy lives. One of these animals is Juniper, a Yorkshire pig. Weighing roughly 500 ...

Humans are captivated by the idea of finding life elsewhere in the universe – and even more by the idea that life, if found, might resemble the complex, animal life here on Earth. One of the easiest ...

From emus, pigs, and horses to cattle and tortoises, each of the animals at Farm Angels Sanctuary has a story. "We have just over 100 animals," Lisa Buccigrosse said. Buccigrosse is the founder of ...

The transition from aquatic to terrestrial life has been one of the most significant evolutionary challenges. This decisive process in the evolution of life on Earth required a profound renewal of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Here's why Dickinsonia challenges our previously held ...

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There is ever-growing interest in the ways in which a wide variety of nonhuman animals (animals) deal with the ups and downs of their lived experiences in many different contexts. In his new edited ...

A recent study suggests that late M-stars, despite their abundance in the galaxy and potential for hosting detectable Earth-like planets, are unlikely to support the emergence of complex animal life.