Some animals are pregnant for a long time – nine months or more. To have spring babies, they need to fertilize their eggs in ...

I asked my friend Michela Ciccarelli why so many babies arrive then. She’s a veterinarian at Washington State University. She ...

Ahead of world bee day on May 20, the author looks at how other animals rely on bees for food and shelter and even transport.

Scientists at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo study exotic animal milk to improve conservation, veterinary care, and survival ...

And, why humans should actually parent more like meerkats.

Kangaroo reproduction is one of the strangest systems in the world as females can support joeys at several different stages ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – A quarter century after scientists and tribal biologists began raising and releasing lake sturgeon ...

As the world’s largest living lizards, Komodo dragons are some of the most fascinating and intimidating reptiles on Earth. In ...

Bowhead whales miraculously escaped extinction after the practice of whaling. The effects of that time still linger today, ...

Ultrasonic tracking in Hiroshima Bay shows that male and female black sea bream move differently during the spawning season, ...

Scientists suspect that the behavior could harm the manta rays, suggesting a complex relationship between remoras and their ...