Joy—fleeting woo-hoo moments like "catching the perfect wave"—is felt by many diverse animals, and researchers want to know how they express it in various situations and why.

Research suggests that dolphins develop a lifelong vocal “name.” Here’s how they evolved this high level of social identity, once thought to be uniquely human.

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For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are ...

Fundamentally, what moves people is when they believe they’re fighting for something that’s part of them. If it’s purely ...

It might be less visible than dwindling lion populations or vanishing pandas, but the quiet crisis of small mammal extinction ...

Learn what a barred owl looks like and what their call sounds like. Plus learn where you can spot these large owls in North ...

Scientists have long focused on quantifying fear and other negative emotions in animals. Now they’re trying to measure ...

Bats use echolocation to get around, but it wasn’t clear how these creatures managed to navigate dense environments—until now ...

Partnering with the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper, Utah, a team of BYU researchers set out to discover how much ...

Heard a chirp or spotted a flutter? These free apps identify backyard birds by sight or sound — no binoculars or in-depth bird knowledge required.

There are grunts and growls, knocks and croaks — but the wild sounds detected by a team of British Columbia researchers don’t belong to any of the province’s famous forest creatures. The noises are ...