Picture an “animal” in your mind right now. What does it look like? A dog? A lion? Maybe a sloth, pangolin, naked mole-rat, or even just a human? There’s a good chance that you imagined a mammal, ...

In the penultimate episode of Crash Course Zoology, we use everything we've learned so far to try and figure out what a "species" even is anyway! As you'll see, the incredible diversity of animals ...

In the natural world -- where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity -- animal behavior is glorious in its variety. Now, new research suggests there may be an ...

A poopy appearance sounds unappealing, but this spider actually takes advantage of that fact, giving itself the edge of its predators and its prey.

The scientists analyzed nearly 71,000 wild animal species — from corals to reptiles, insects to mammals — assessed by the IUCN Red List and categorized them according to climate-related threats they ...

In the natural world, survival usually dictates that different animals keep a respectful and often wary distance from one another. However, every so often, life throws us a curveball in the form of an ...