Nov. 8, 2024 — Tool use isn't unique to humans. Chimpanzees use sticks as tools. Dolphins, crows, and elephants are known for their tool-use abilities, too. Now a report highlights elephants ...

These unique wild cats live on rocky hills or grasslands in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. These solitary animals are most active after sunset, when they hunt birds, rodents, rabbits ...

Researchers at the University of Exeter in the UK focused on animal's eating habits who were captured from the wild and found that many showed no aversion to ethanol levels. In fact, when they ...

Drought is now so bad in parts of southern Africa that governments say they must kill hundreds of their most captivating, majestic wild animals to feed desperately hungry people. In August ...

Nilgai were imported to Texas in the early 20th century but escaped into the wild. Today, they're found on game ranches; there is also a feral population, Zimmern said. The unexpected ...

Animals are getting drunk on a regular basis, but they’re not mixing a cocktail. Instead, wild animals are consuming a “sugary nectar” in the wild with the naturally made chemical compound ...

After Roz and Brightbill instantly bond, they find that adaptating to their new surroundings a bit more chalenging since the island’s wild animals aren’t so welcoming—starting with a sly fox ...

More disturbing, in December, the United States Department of Agriculture confirmed the first case of a wild animal infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Researchers found an ...

Thirteen years ago Friday, 62-year-old Terry Thompson released 50 wild, exotic animals he kept on his Muskingum County farm before dying by suicide, prompting a police response that killed lions ...

In that era, government-sponsored extermination programs for native wild animals, like wolves and grizzly bears, were common. After the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973, federal agencies ...

Plenty of federal agencies protect wildlife on the public's behalf. But one U.S. Department of Agriculture program - called Wildlife Services - kills wild animals at the request of ranchers and ...