In the African wilderness, a spotted hyena pauses for a drink in Tanzania’s savannah.

Last month, employees at a South African landfill came upon a grim scene when they arrived at work one morning.

The ugly five, if you may-warthog, hyena, marabou stork and vulture among them, form the wild’s backstage team, working ...

Chimpanzees are clearly among the most intelligent of all non-human animals, but they are rarely regarded as killers. And yet ...

A zoo outbreak shows how SARS-CoV-2 rapidly evolves in animals, revealing why monitoring COVID-19 in wildlife is vital for ...

Research on SARS-CoV-2 in zoo tigers, lions, and hyenas shows rapid viral evolution and adaptation, offering insights into cross-species transmission dynamics.

The Himalayas and Kathmandu may lure all the tourists, but Nepal's Terai lowlands are teeming with wildlife, national parks ...

From matriarchs who guide entire herds to queens that dominate their hives, the animal kingdom is full of powerful females ...

To put that into perspective, it takes about 4,000 Newtons to break a human femur. So a single bite from Crocodylus porosus ...

Sticking with a long-term life partner to rear children has long been considered a dominant mating pattern for our species, ...

The first study to analyse rates of full vs half siblings in a range of mammals provides new evidence for monogamous ...

The homeowners in East Stroudsburg, Penn., say the unusual creature has visited their house several times Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work ...