Researchers from the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna and the University of Oxford have shown that Goffin’s cockatoos can make and use tools out of different materials, and may even be able to anticipate…

[Tardigrades] can survive in the vacuum of outer space, withstand temperatures ranging from close to absolute zero to nearly 100°C, cope with pressures six times greater than those at the bottom of the deepest…

Dolphins aren’t communicating in sentences. They’re talking over each other all the time. They’re certainly not being chivalrous about letting female dolphins repeat themselves in conversation. Dolphins…

In the city, where crime is never far away, four-footed cops are coming to the rescue. But be warned: Their English is pretty shaky.Officer Jon Low stands in the middle of Lakeside Park in downtown Oakland, California,…

Landowners across the country are voluntarily restoring and protecting wetlands on private lands. This not only provides high-value wildlife habitat but provides many other benefits, such as cleaner water (wetlands act…

...over the past few years the researchers have encountered no fewer than five – and perhaps as many as eight – white orcas in the western North Pacific. They are virtually unheard of elsewhere in…

Not even two months after getting settled in with a pair of chihuahua-mix dogs named Bob and Bird, Central Point resident Terry Sharpe is facing the loss of one of the dogs over what he feels was a lack of communication…

Researchers have known for decades that the mammals had an advanced form of communication, using distinctive clicks and whistles to show they are excited, happy, stressed or separated  from the group.

But scientists…

It was a ride she'll always remember for all the wrong reasons.

That's because a group of people honked their horn, laughed, and then screeched off, spooking the horse and causing Peake to fall off.

A new study in the journal Veterinary Medicine and Science finds that neutering or spaying these dogs before 1 year of age triples the risk of one or more joint disorders--particularly for cranial cruciate ligament,…

For two days, bees chased a car to rescue their queen--that may have just been stuck in the trunk

"The swarm of around 20,000 had followed her and were sat around on the boot of the car," said beekeeper Roger Burns

The hardest part of the ordeal, she said, was being vilified for doing work that she loves.

"Marcy (Winograd) didn't just stand on the corner and say, 'I don't like pony rides,'" Angel said. "She…

A girl in video became famous over the night after she posted a video from their family farm showing their insane skills. The tricks you will see are more  likely to be seen performed by dogs.

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