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Animals that researchers call “supersucklers” come back to nurse even after they can hunt, mate and fend for themselves.

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News of the new zoo residents comes one week after officials announced the arrival of two female domestic yaks.

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In a clip from David Attenborough 's 1998 BBC TV series Life of Birds, a lyrebird imitates a chainsaw, kookaburra and car ...

Animals have evolved to sleep in extreme ways — for example, taking micro naps during parenting, sleeping on the wing during ...

Over 130 mammal species can delay embryonic development, giving their offspring the best possible chance of survival in ideal ...

Some animals form lifelong pair bonds that run deeper than simple mating. These connections shape how they live, move, and ...

Q. I was watching the cardinals at my sunflower seed feeder and can’t figure out how they open the outer shells. I see them take a whole seed, and the ground is littered with the shells, but I can’t ...