Animals have a way of breaking our expectations. That is why so many weird animal facts sound fake when you hear them for the ...

Cowbirds are special among songbirds for the "watery" timbre of their singing, which resembles the sound of falling droplets ...

Animals, though wordless, communicate complex messages through body language, sounds, scents, touch, and color changes. From ...

Nature never stops amazing us with creatures that seem straight out of a sci-fi flick. Be it deep-sea oddballs or backyard buddies, animals pull off tricks that leave people wondering if that is even ...

If someone told you it rained fish once upon a time, would you believe them? You'd be forgiven if you said "no." But get this ...

Penguins hand over pebbles; scorpionflies give spitballs. But I’m hankering after a sea sponge presented by a dolphin, says science writer Helen Pilcher ...

The Bay Area is a permanent or temporary home for 250 different species of resident and migratory birds. Noise can affect ...

University of Victoria biologists have discovered that fish can be identified by sound alone, finding that even closely related species produce distinct vocalizations — a breakthrough that could ...

In the holiday spirit, head to the Runge Nature Conservation Center, 330 Commerce Drive in Jefferson City, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m ...

Some animal abilities are so unusual that science still can’t explain how they work. These are real, well-documented behaviors that continue to surprise researchers.

For years, volunteer pilots have brought pets from overwhelmed Southern animal shelters to groups farther north.

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