This bird lies for a living. Here’s what biological researchers have gleaned about its intelligence by observing its clever ...

In the early 1990s, Keith Willmott and a friend, both undergraduate students from the United Kingdom, arrived in Ecuador with ...

Key pointsScientists constructed a family tree for butterflies in the genus Adelpha, which are native to North and South America and display ...

Whether it’s seaweed cloaks or see-through wings, these animals know how to hide. Meet four masters of disguise who’ve turned camouflage and mimicry into a work of art.

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

From melodic birds to expressive mammals, these animals prove that conversation isn’t just a human skill—it’s a language written into nature.

People often look to indigenous traditions for spiritual guidance, and these 25 Native American animals and their meanings will offer you just that.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump confided that first lady Melania Trump doesn’t always like his campaign moves. He urged House Republicans to campaign in the midterm elections this year on his ...

Comedian Sunil Grover has once again captured widespread attention with his latest celebrity impression, this time mimicking actor Aamir Khan in a performance that has quickly become a hit on social ...

The descendants of black-bear-sized giants who could haul massive rocks with their mouths, modern Castor canadensis once numbered as many as 400 million in North America. Felling mighty trees with ...

How does mimicry affect the way we judge other people? Whose behaviour do we imitate, and in what situations? It turns out that we are more likely to mimic people who express joy, and we perceive ...

Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Sergey Prokopyev successfully installed the first ICARUS experiment antenna on the outside hull of the International Space Station during a nearly eight-hour space walk in ...