Like most people, I hate having a cold or the flu. But being sick gets slightly better when a friend drops off some classic movies or goes out for a snack and comes back to throw it up all over me.

Scientists are working on a machine learning tool that could, one day, identify individual animals from photographs of their footprints. By Ryan Truscott / Hakai Magazine Published Aug 21, 2024 8:09 ...

FOR Dani Rabaiotti, it all started with a study involving synthetic fox urine. The plan was to see if the stuff affected a fox’s territorial behaviour. Unfortunately, the study was a bust because the ...

'Flagship' individual animals like Cecil the lion or Freya the walrus can boost conservation, new research suggests. "Flagship" individual animals like Cecil the lion or Freya the walrus can boost ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. I was once challenged by a friend to explain why it matters if species go extinct. Flustered, I launched into a rambling monologue about the intrinsic value ...

When we picture the animal kingdom, we often imagine a hive mind at work—flocks of birds twisting in sync, schools of fish darting together like living liquid, herds running as one. These scenes are ...