Research shows that people with an animal rights mindset preferred positive force-free training, while anthropocentrists ...

Researchers examining animal remains from Iron Age villages in Bulgaria have discovered clear proof that people ate dogs between the fifth and first centuries ...

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Only 0.1% of wild salmon eggs survive the lifecycle through alevin, fry, parr, smolt and kelts, and their 5,000-mile swim downstream, across the Atlantic, and back again to spawn where they were born ...

Scientists have documented same-sex behavior in many animals. Learn what it means, how it varies, and why human labels can mislead.

No, chimpanzees and other great apes cannot breed with monkeys. Even though we often think of primates – the order of mammals that includes great apes such as chimps and ourselves, gibbons, monkeys ...

Sibling rivalry might not unique to humans. New scientific research shows that baboon siblings in southern Africa also feel ...

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Minutes after getting to a park in the middle of Phoenix, you can see flashes of green in the sky and hear chatter because ...

As Valentine's Day approaches, we take a look at monogamy and its alternatives among animals — including humans.