The Science of It: Meteorologist Victoria Wisniewski gets a first-hand look at how animals are taught new behaviors and skills ...

Scientists tracking thousands of animals found that our physical presence can reshape where wildlife moves and lives, ...

Philosopher Susana Monsó's book Playing Possum, newly translated into English next month, makes the strong case that many animals big and small understand the concept of death. Reading time 8 minutes ...

How do animal behavior researchers feel about the feelings of animals? A new survey helps to answer that question. The journal Royal Society Open Science published a survey of 100 researchers of ...

When most people gaze out of an airplane window, they admire the fluffy clouds slowly floating past them. But when New ...

Discover over 100 new species in Chile's underwater mountains, including dumbo octopuses and glass sponges, in a ...

In January of 2024, the SciFri Book Club read “An Immense World” by Ed Yong. Luckily, there is also a young readers edition, so you can explore these incredible sensory worlds as well! In this book, ...

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Animals doing math might sound like something out of a viral video, but researchers say it’s surprisingly real. Scientists call it “numerosity”—the ability to recognize quantities without actual ...

Researchers keep pulling unnamed animals from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a vast stretch of abyssal Pacific seafloor between Hawaii and Mexico where commercial interest in polymetallic nodule mining ...

In the wild, a mouse or rat leads a precarious life. In the city, they dodge traps, poisons, and broom-wielding humans. In the countryside, they face owls, shotguns, and more poison. As Australia’s ...

Millions of wildlife-vehicle collisions happen every year, and warning signs are not stopping them. The solution reshaping ...