Trans playwright Olivia Dufault tackles the taboo of zoophilia in the Echo Theater Company world premiere of 'For Want of a ...

HIS only equal as a natural history broadcaster was Sir David Attenborough. But while Attenborough made his name mainly with ...

An English zoologist, he wrote an immensely popular 1967 book arguing that ancient genes, shared with apes, shape our lives.

Most of us walk through the world with a fairly confident mental map of which animals to fear. Sharks, yes. Crocodiles, ...

Sea otters are popular for holding hands while floating together and using rocks to crack shellfish. Adorable, right? But ...

Florida's alligator mating season has begun, making the reptiles more active and aggressive. Learn safety tips to protect ...

A new study published in the journal Nature suggests that man's best friend lived alongside humans far earlier than previously believed. The study was detailed in a University College London (UCL) ...

Dogs were likely domesticated more than 14,000 years ago, a new study published this week found. In the largest study of canine remains to date, researchers from 17 institutions, including ...

Odin was a kelpie. Attentive and protective, with a happy smile and an endless hope for food, he succumbed to a terminal disease late last year. At his death, a deep sense of grief ripped through the ...

Some bones indicate that the hunter-gatherers of the time fed dogs fish. Their remains were also treated in similar ways to those of humans in death. Reading time 3 minutes The bond between humans and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dogs have been loyal companions to people since we made them our first domesticated animals, descending ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two new genetic analyses combed the archaeological record for domestic dogs using samples from ancient human sites across Europe, ...