Dr. Mike Dacey analyses the challenges researchers face when studying the cognitive and emotional lives of animals and offers ...

Like many animals, parrots make sounds that suggest they are talking with each other, maybe even calling out to a specific ...

Alex Birch, from Derbyshire in the U.K., has claimed that his cattle don't get "any peace" because of social media ...

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One of the best pieces of advice I ever read was to teach young children this simple rule when touching or petting dogs — any ...

The animal-loving team at Ginger Cat documents the powerful and touching reaction of a creature who finally feels the warmth of a human hug.

Plants and animals have evolved all sorts of ways to make themselves more appealing to potential mates—including colorful feet, flamboyant feathers, complex mating dances and sexual deception. Many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A male hourglass tree frog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) with an inflated vocal sac used to produce calls. (Ryan Taylor) Your taste ...

Whether it’s a canary’s chirp or a treefrog’s croak, humans tend to prefer many of the same sounds that animals do themselves, a new study finds Your taste in music may feel unique, but there may be ...

The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers, and the euphonious melodies of songbirds all evolved as signals that help individuals propagate, yet humans also find these very same ...

Photograph of three male zebra finches (Taeniopygia castanotis), whose mating calls were used as part of the study. Credit: Raina Fan. The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers ...

Some people are averse to their fellow human beings. It may sound strange, especially for those who are incredibly social, but a lot of individuals tend to distance themselves from others. And while ...