Professor Lars Schmitz joins WIRED to guide us through a giant tree of life mapping the evolution of eyes in the animal ...

Danish director Robin Petré ("Only on Earth," "From the Wild Sea") and Oscar-nominated producer Monica Hellström ("Flee," "A House Made of Splinters") have unveiled "Wolf Moon," the third in a loose ...

The Montgomery Zoo this week announced the birth of a female pygmy hippopotamus. Anuket was actually born on Feb. 9 but has spent the last month bonding with her mother behind the scenes, according to ...

Marine Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia Through sharing ...

Whereas animal cultures affect just a few crucial behaviors, such as courtship and feeding, human cultures cover a massive and constantly expanding set of activities, from clothing to table ...

While humans are unable to hear ultrasonic sounds, many animals rely on them for communication, navigation, and even hunting. For a long time, researchers believed animals used the same biomechanical ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean ...

While wombats may appear cute and cuddly, they are wild animals that, over time, have developed ways to defend themselves against predators. (Wombats have buns of steel—and they poop in cubes.