Chimpanzees naturally ingest surprising amounts of alcohol from ripe, fermenting fruit. Careful measurements show that their typical fruit diet can equal one to two human drinks each day. This ...

Scientists tracked people and wildlife during COVID-19 and discovered new ways humans and animals may coexist.

The creative team behind 'Big Mouth' turns their attention to the animal kingdom with a raunchy take on looking for love.

Hurricanes can be a devastating force—leveling trees, erasing beaches and damaging homes. But what do they do to wildlife? The answer ranges from the good to the bad to the ugly. Hurricanes sometimes ...

When people disappeared from the landscape, as they did during the pandemic, wild animals changed how they used space and ...

The biodiversity across planet earth is hard to wrap our brains around sometimes. One species in North America with a close ...

Deadly hantavirus and ebola outbreaks have raised pandemic fears. Dr. Peter Hotez explains that the risk of zoonotic diseases ...

Efforts to control rodents are unintentionally killing the animals we want and need in our ecosystem, the ones who are ...

Ventura County is home to over 20 species of raptors, which include hawks, owls, falcons, eagles and vultures — all birds of ...

Imagine this: you’re on your own in the wilderness, minding your business. You happen to make a weird face – but it’s okay, because you’re alone in the wilderness, so no one saw it. Wrong. There was a ...

The first true portrait of a Viking has emerged from a museum drawer after 200 years, and it’s absolutely not what you expect. A curator at the National Museum of Denmark has rediscovered a tiny, 10th ...