animal species

Learn about these intense animal sibling rivalries

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Siblings share a lifelong bond and often spend their lives loving and supporting each other. Siblings can also have some really vicious fights. ...

In a first, an orangutan was seen treating his wound with a medicinal plant

World
David Turner

An orangutan named Rakus hit a rough patch in the summer of 2022. Researchers heard a fight between male orangutans in the ...

What is biodiversity and why is it important? Here’s what to know.

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Earth is home to millions of discovered species of plants and animals with many more yet to be known. They all play ...

Humans give more viruses to animals than they give us, study finds

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some of the deadliest diseases to stalk humankind have come from pathogens that jumped from animals ...

Researchers warn of climate change’s effects on insect populations

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

They might be tiny, but insects rule the planet, making up over two-thirds of the world’s 1.5 million known animal species and ...