A house where 40 pairs of human ears were nailed up around the walls still stands in the bush of the Gulf of Carpentaria ...

Our perception of animal welfare as a nation of animal lovers is out of step with policy and law that still allows ...

A Swiss Brown cow has been shown to use tools flexibly and deliberately, challenging long-standing assumptions about the cognitive limits of livestock. In 1982, cartoonist Gary Larson introduced ...

While the public approves of hunting for meat, hunting predators or trapping for fur is condemned. But that distinction is ...

Whether you call him groundhog, woodchuck, whistle-pig or use the full genus and species name, Marmota monax, the nation’s ...

These birds trick other animals into fleeing so they can steal their food in one of nature's most guileful strategies.

Beacon Journal readers ask about the origin of common sayings such as ‘getting off scot-free’ and ‘a chip off the old block.’ ...

In recent years, revelations of unethical horse handling at elite levels of horsesport have drawn attention to an ...

Zooarchaeologist Stella Nikolova examined dog remains from across Bulgaria’s Iron Age (roughly 5th–1st centuries BC). At Pistiros, she reported that nearly 20% of the examined dog bones had cut marks ...

A recent study that shows how cows can use tools recalls the controversial 1982 cartoon from "The Far Side" comic strip called "Cow Tools." ...

The involvement of animals in supporting human mental health has deep roots, with documented examples of animals providing ...