New research transforms our understanding of the circumstances and timing of the domestication of chickens, their spread across Asia

Horses, pigs and wild horses can distinguish between negative and positive sounds from their fellow species and near relatives and humans.

Are people more likely to feel empathy for animals than humans? A new Penn State study suggests the answer may be complicated.

Whether a computer could ever pass for a living thing is one of the key challenges for researchers in the field of Artificial Intelligence.

Researchers from Yale have identified the earliest known relative of octopuses and vampire squid — and named it after Joseph R. Biden.

A global effort to map the genomes of all plants, animals, fungi and other microbial life on Earth, is entering a new phase.

Matter on Earth, both live and inert, experiences the effects of the gravitational forces of the Sun and Moon expressed in the form of tides

The millipede has 1,306 legs — more than any other animal — and belongs to a new species that has been named Eumillipes persephone.

A Fargo, N.D., man returning from a four-day trip discovered a large cargo in is Chevrolet pickup, but not in the bed.

Hundreds of animal rights protesters marched in San Francisco to demand the end of factory farming, chanting, “Humane slaughter is a lie!"

Climate change is causing some animals to “shape shift” and grow larger extremities such as beaks, ears and tails.

Urbanization is causing many mammal species to grow bigger, possibly because of readily available food in places packed with people

An animal shelter in Germany is getting creative to help find new homes for their resident cats and dogs and they're using new tricks

Harry Potter's Evanna Lynch, Made in Chelsea’s Lucy Watson, and Downton Abbey's Lesley Nicol have teamed up for animal protection

Security cameras in the city of Puebla, Mexico, recently captured footage of a touching scene that has since gone viral.

The Cincinnati Zoo is preparing to vaccinate some of its animals against COVID-19.