Smell is a critically important sense for many animals. It may help them hunt or forage for food, find a mate, keep safe from danger, communicate with others, and more. That’s why having a keen ...

It stops still, listening intently for danger; the night provides good ... Like this fennec fox, nocturnal behavior makes sense for animals living in blistering desert heat—cooler night ...

Like their ancestors, the red fox is known for its cleverness and predatory nature. They are densely populated across the ...

Today we’re going to be looking at plants and animals and the different ways ... are very sensitive to vibrations and use them to sense danger. If they stop chirping that usually means something ...

He also researches non-human animals to better understand what makes humans special. Our sense of fairness in distributing resources may be a key reason we were able to build shelters, share food, and ...

K. Kominis and E. Gkoudinakis describe how they worked the problem of magnetic sensing in tiny animals in reverse by putting bounds on unknown quantum boundaries, and what it showed about the ...

When an animal was in danger, these heroes didn't hesitate to jump into action. Each unfortunate creature was helpless until strangers intervened to rescue them and carry them to safety in ...

Whether animals have a sense of humor was the focus of a recent Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum (LAREF) discussion. Certainly the juveniles of many animal species exhibit play behavior ...