Rut is a term used to describe the behavior of deer during the breeding season when males pursue females that are in estrous ...

There’s pretty much nothing cuter than a baby animal. Fawns, fledgling birds, kittens, puppies — we adore and want to protect ...

Squirrels across Georgia are busy building leaf nests this month — a seasonal behavior that helps them survive the colder nights.

Every fall, squirrels stash hundreds of nuts to survive the colder winter months. As someone who routinely “hides” things ...

Indeed, the fall of 2018 was nothing like Hitchcox had seen before in terms of the amount of roadkill. He remembers taking a drive from Falmouth to Bangor and, with a hand clicker he uses for birding, ...

All dogs deserve a loving family. Sadly, many homeless and abandoned adult dogs end up waiting in kennels for years for the right person to come along. This is an even bigger problem for older dogs - ...

The adorable Cactus noticed black dots behind a fence, and the "creatures" turned out to be cute shiba inus. Here's how they ...

A thick coat of fur and feathers can completely change how a creature looks, and sometimes, it’s hard to believe something ...

Elon Musk on Wednesday drew attention to a clip from the classic 2006 film “Idiocracy” that managed to perfectly sum up what modern baby-making would look like 20 years later. In the film, the ...

In nature, courtship can be dangerous, and sometimes deadly. From insects that consume their mates to birds that perform precision dances, every ritual serves one purpose: survival of the species.

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More than 30 critically endangered regent honeyeaters have been released in the NSW Hunter Valley. The birds are among Australia's rarest species, with fewer than 300 left in the wild. More than 30 ...