Humans aren't the only animals with Good Samaritan tendencies: elephants, chimps and dolphins have all been known to come to ...

The 12-year-old boy who set up a charity for musicians to play songs to animals stuck in shelters - While the calming effect of music on humans is well-documented, its precise role in animal behaviour ...

I've long been interested in what nonhuman animals (animals) know and feel about death and dying including if they know when others are dying. 1 I'm still on the fence about this most important ...

Watch the amazing moment a pair of Sperm Whales display rare behavior in front of stunned divers. The duo appeared to be playing together while the other whales were resting. It was caught on ...

Young animals are seen playing with each other and in the company of their parents. This behaviour is contrasted with human seasonal activity of children on an Easter egg hunt and families walking ...

Castellar Zoo, located in Cádiz province and often marketed as a ‘‘rescue sanctuary’’, faces intensifying scrutiny over its ...

Imagine watching your favourite nature documentary. The predator lunges rapidly from its hiding place, jaws wide open, and ...

Philosopher Susana Monsó talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how animals understand death. From grieving orcas to opposums playing dead: how animals respond to death – podcast Home ...

In the wild, survival is a game of instinct, speed, strength, and sometimes even deception. One of the most interesting strategies animals use to avoid predators is a behaviour known as thanatosis ...

That is the animating question of “Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death” (Princeton), a new book by the Spanish writer Susana Monsó. She is not a biologist or a zoologist; she is a ...

Most of their social behaviour was restricted to mother-kitten interactions. Outside of this relationship, cats rarely meow at each other. However, as cats began to live alongside humans, these ...