Wildlife documentaries like the BBC's recent series, Planet Earth III, are renowned for offering breathtaking images of animals in their natural habitats. You'd be forgiven for thinking these shows ...

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Every now and again, a new book comes along that can truly be a game-changer. Nature advocate, former pro-boxer, and rewilding facilitator Vanessa Chakour’s Earthly Bodies: Embracing Animal Nature is ...

Analysing a global database of migration timing for 549 bird species together with a full annual cycle theoretical model, the authors show that migration has advanced by >13 days since 1970 and that ...

Animal conservationists often move elephants between herds to improve biodiversity and group health, but what if the elephants don't speak the same language? Studies suggest that populations, even ...

Ever felt that nature actually ran out of colors while watching white animals? Well, for most of us white animals are a rare and mystical creation of nature and the only white animals known to the ...

Humans are animals. This statement, although true, is unsettling for many people. Such discomfort reveals a deep ambivalence about how we see ourselves — a part of nature, yet somehow different from ...

‘Second Nature’ Director on the Science Behind Queerness in the Animal Kingdom After holding the documentary’s world premiere at NewFest 37, Drew Denny discusses how a 20-year-old book and ...

Chemistry isn’t limited to humans in laboratories. Throughout the natural world, animals have evolved the ability to make chemicals that help them hunt, defend themselves, communicate, and survive.

Across the animal kingdom, many species are covered in simple, solid colors, while others display patterns that seem random and chaotic. But some animals seem to follow the rules of mathematics, ...

The ever-growing field of animal healing called zoopharmacognosy refers to behaviors animals use to medicate themselves or their relatives by ingesting or topically applying plants, soils, and insects ...