Nancy Shute discusses how scientists are beginning to study animals’ emotions and personalities — from joy to individual ...

The social dynamics of plants are as complex as those at any high school. By studying how plants interact — one-on-one, as a population, and in their communities — ecologists can figure out how to ...

You’ve heard the slogans: save the whales, protect our pollinators. You may have lamented the decline of polar bears or the last of the northern white rhinos. But scientists are only beginning to ...

Imagine being a paleontologist exploring Utah’s Jurassic-aged rocks. Imagine discovering the bones of a 20-meter-long, 20-ton herbivorous dinosaur. Then consider: How could any beast become so big?

Carnivorous plants look like botanical oddities, but their behavior is not a gimmick. It is a precise evolutionary solution ...

Hugh Bonneville narrates the new documentary series “The Secret Lives of Animals” on Apple TV+. This series takes a deep dive into 77 unique species in 24 countries. It took the filmmakers over three ...

Understanding the origin of the building block of all animal and plant life may lead to more insights about life on Earth and in outer space A team of Chinese scientists has traced the ancestor of ...

Scientists named 190 new plants and fungi in 2025, many already threatened. New DNA tools are speeding discovery as habitat ...