From chimps that wage war over territory to parrots that outperform Harvard students on memory tests, many other members of the animal kingdom demonstrate surprisingly human-like behavior. When you ...

Nottingham Trent University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Frustrated with which dating app to use? Unable to find “the one”? Spare a thought for some of the animal kingdom, ...

Fatal attractions are a standard movie plotline, but they also occur in nature, with much more serious consequences. As a conservation biologist, I’ve seen them play out in some of Earth’s most remote ...

A tiny figurine depicting a goose mounting a woman reveals early evidence of animistic belief in southwest Asia.

Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society will host a Zoom program at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, featuring a talk by Linda Melchionne on Richard O. Prum’s Pulitzer Prize finalist book, “The Evolution of Beauty: ...

Source: Ryanvanhuyssteen, via Wikimedia Commons. Michael Cant, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Exeter, has long been fascinated by the balance between cooperation and conflict required ...

Two chimpanzees meeting with each other apparently have a discussion using hand gestures, one of the human-like characteristics of other mammals. (Getty Images) Of the 8.7 million species on Earth, ...

A ritual dance honoring Yoruban ancestors is one of the countless examples of human culture. Jorge Fernández/LightRocket via Getty Images Of the 8.7 million species on Earth, why are human beings the ...

People love their pets. Around 60% of the U.S. population owns at least one pet and collectively spends more than $100 billion on them every year. But do any other animals have that kind of drive to ...