Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...

Some single-celled organisms are known to transition to multicellularity during their lifetimes, usually either by cloning themselves or when many similar cells come together to form a larger ...

When people rescue a dog, there’s often a sense of mystery about who the animal really is—that uncertainty is one reason more ...

Animal names are usually nothing special—bear, elephant, cat… you get the idea. Straightforward, familiar, and honestly a little boring. But some scientists clearly didn’t want to keep it that way, ...

Fern is proving just how resilient she is,' Humane Association says. 'She is incredibly sweet, endlessly brave, and well on her way to becoming adoption-ready' ...

In the clip, posted to the account @dramaticdogduo on February 10, owner Ashley slowly pans the camera from her dog's paws to ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent recall includes nearly 2,000 products spanning multiple brands, affecting consumers' pantries along with their pets. The ...

Which animals came first? For more than a century, most evidence suggested that sponges, immobile filter-feeders that lack muscles, neurons and other specialized tissues, were the first animal ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. In a remote, seldom-seen corner of Yellowstone National Park, mass death fuels the renewal of ...

Arguably the biggest feature of the Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 update is the addition of the resort hotel on the pier. Run by Kapp'n and his family, the hotel can temporarily house villagers on ...

While an increasingly small number of people, especially academic researchers, try to argue that nonhuman animals (animals) don’t really make friends, most people, including both researchers and ...