Some birds and other animals are 'brood parasites' whose mothers leave their offspring with other species. A mother ...

Tech advances not only made IVF safer and more effective; they fundamentally changed the way we think about our reproduction.

Monkeys played a touchscreen game for nearly 100 rounds without rewards, highlighting the powerful role of curiosity in ...

Scientists wanted to know why the chatter of Alston’s singing mice sounds so much like human conversation. What they found ...

If Western civilization were asked, in the terms of the old Reader’s Digest column, to name the Most Unforgettable Character It Ever Met, it would surely answer, with a single, sighing voice: Paul.

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

From the depths of the ocean to the forest floor at night, some animals can do something that seems almost magical: they make their own light. This phenomenon is known as bioluminescence. But glowing ...

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Is the mating call of a frog actually appealing to people? Researchers at the University of Texas are testing a surprising idea in a surprising way: humans and animals may have the ...

A new study has found that humans prefer many of the same sounds that other animals choose when mates are on the line. That overlap recasts beauty in sound as something that may run deeper than ...