Symbiotic relations are fascinating and often beneficial for both organisms involved. These unique partnerships help both ...

Some animals can coexist peacefully while exploiting the same territory. While cats are an intriguing case in point, there ...

Bacterial commensals, for example, are known to have a big influence ... due in part to the lack of a good mouse model of fungal commensalism. The new study, reported Nov. 27 in Nature, found ...

Rising carbon dioxide levels in the air are making plants grow larger and faster, but diluting their nutritional content.

Aging gracefully comes naturally to these creatures, which can live for hundreds, and sometimes even thousands, of years ...

A new year means more viral moments of animals being animals. Some viral videos involved more than one animal, like one the USA TODAY Network obtained in June showing a fearless bear fighting off ...

Thailand is sending almost 1,000 highly endangered tortoises and lemurs home to Madagascar in a landmark victory against animal trafficking, with the first batch on its way on Saturday. The ...

Dec. 13, 2024 — The distribution of traditional wild food sources in the Republic of Sakha could change significantly, affecting the diets and incomes of Indigenous ... Dec. 13, 2024 — A new ...

including by touching an infected animal and then touching these parts of their body after. People can also get the bird flu by breathing in dust or droplets with the virus. For example ...

While we can simply throw on a sweater or turn up the heat, wild animals must have strategies to make it through the winter months. Many web-building spiders spin egg sacs with multiple layers of ...