There's no denying that cats can be weird. They lick walls, stare at invisible corners, and sprint across the house at 3 a.m.

But it sure did look like the Golden Retriever and his three cow buddies were in cahoots. Dogs are going to dig. That’s just ...

The shop sits in Kingston, Pennsylvania, just across the Susquehanna River from Wilkes-Barre, looking deceptively normal from a distance. But don’t be fooled by its brick exterior – this isn’t where ...

In the lush environment of Vu Quang National Park in Vietnam, researchers have discovered a new species called Gelastyrella vuquangensis, or the Vu Quang planthopper. This insect is known for its ...

Some animals run, others fight, but the weird ones perform. This journey through the animal kingdom highlights the most unexpected survival strategies, revealing how deception, disguise, and pure ...

Many reptiles excrete solid uric acid crystals instead of liquid urine, a water-saving adaptation that could hold clues for human medicine. If you’ve never cared for a reptile, you might be surprised ...

In her latest check-in with the Boston Public Art Triennial, WBUR's Amelia Mason visited Charlestown and Mattapan and saw two ...

GOP legislators and animal rights activists have sought to stop a plan to cull barred owls to save spotted owls. The timber industry has joined environmentalists in raising the alarm about ...

In 1947, the Swiss zoologist Rudolf Schenkel published a paper titled “Expression Studies on Wolves.” Based on an eight-year ...

In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

Notable sightings along the way included the discovery of an extensive crinoid meadow at a depth of 9,100 meters (29,855 feet ...

For a recent paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers investigated the odd physics of a ...