It’s been five years since the start of a zoonotic COVID-19 pandemic that killed millions of people. Now, the United Nations is urging member governments to take coordinated action to address the ...

For the first time in a century, a wolf has appeared in Los Angeles County, according to the Los Angeles Times. The wolf, ...

Known as Doñana’s Firefighting Donkey Battalion, this unit is responsible for preventing wildfires in parts of Spain—all thanks to their seemingly bottomless appetites.

A legislative effort to establish a statewide animal cruelty convictions list was nixed again this session, though it has ...

A Unitree G1 robot sparred with a human journalist, showing how far humanoid robotics has come and where the technology still falls short.

Live Science spoke with Rob Dunn, an applied ecologist and author of the book "The Call of the Honeyguide," about "mutualism" — how different species team up for their mutual benefit — and how humans ...

Animals on land and sea use sound for different purposes – and alterations in their environment can change the effect it has ...

Two of the most specialized predators in history finally meet in a clash that never happened in nature. Utahraptor, the massive sickle-clawed dinosaur of the early Cretaceous, faces Smilodon, the ...

Have you ever stepped out of your car, started walking toward your front door, and suddenly realized an animal was heading ...

By manipulating animals to do wonderful things, we may become numb to their real wonder.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A new penal code issued by decree in Afghanistan sets harsher punishments for the mistreatment of animals than for domestic violence against women and solidifies into law ...

There’s no final battle scene in conservation. No singular villain to defeat, no final victory for the hero. Scientists know that understanding nature requires humility and a willingness to revise ...