Just like us: Animals get away from their parents too
This article was originally published on February 9, 2022. Animals Separating from Their Parents: Just Like Us! Patronage usually goes hand in hand with parenting. And while it’s natural to…
The difficult task of measuring dinosaur intelligence
The study of intelligence is an extremely difficult task, even in animals living today. In part, this is because much of the scientific jury is still out on what intelligence…
Watch video: What is the purpose behind animal weapons?
Male fiddler crabs attract mates by waving comically large pincers, the same ones they use to intimidate other potential suitors. Male elk drink calcium from their very bones to grow…
How a ghost catfish turns into a rainbow
Some creatures in the animal kingdom display impressive colors when exposed to light, such as some snakes, insects and peacocks. They are known as iridescent animals. While snakes have iridescent…
What animals will become extinct?
There’s no sugarcoating it: Animal and plant life is declining worldwide at rates never seen before in human history. And alongside that decline, rates of extinction are accelerating — about…
3 main enemies of the animal kingdom
Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) may seem like the most ferocious predator in the ocean, but recent study shows that they flee when the killer whales (Orcinus orca) enter their…
5 animals that mate for life
Monogamy in the animal kingdom is rare. Only 3 to 5 percent of mammals mate with the same partner for life. This is almost unheard of in the amphibian and…
How intelligence is measured in the animal kingdom
Understanding Animal Intelligence Measurement in the Animal Kingdom: Insights and Methods , Human beings—with our big brains, technology, and command of language—like to describe themselves as the most intelligent species.…