Many families enjoy an outing to the zoo on a warm summer day. People have been fascinated with exotic animals since ancient ...

Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence ...

A Paw in the Unknown Midnight has arrived. The house is still. Your dog suddenly raises its head, ears pricked, and starts ...

Mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik discusses why Shri Ram, unlike other heroes, never rides a chariot in the Ramayana. He connects ...

The much-derided white ibis wasn’t always a city-slicker. But now it calls Sydney home, a rare case of a metropolis being the ...

Pañcatantra,’ a striking collection of animal fables in which birds, lions and others speak and reason as humans do, guides ...

Archaeologists have recently unearthed the remarkably well-preserved remains of a dog from ancient Rome, shedding light on ...

This knife was discovered at a settlement site associated with the Pfyn culture. During the Neolithic period (4300 to 3500 ...

Egyptian cats are among the most ancient cat breeds. Egypt is one of the places of origin for domesticated cats. Wildcat ...

Ancient Egypt’s feline gods, embroidered tigers on Chinese textiles, lions in Southern Africa’s San cave paintings and jaguars symbolizing military prowess in Mesoamerican cultures — all of them show ...

It’s possible to dissolve and pass kidney stones with herbs that have diuretic effects, depending on the stone size. Find a ...