How does mimicry affect the way we judge other people? Whose behavior do we imitate, and in what situations? It turns out that we are more likely to mimic people who express joy, and we perceive those ...

From caterpillars disguised as the dead to narwhals that play with their food, here are the animal tales that we loved in ...

A cuddly toy might be a dear childhood companion, but a group of French researchers now complain that these 'caricatures' ...

Animals have been a source of and inspiration for memes for as long as memes have been around. Cats remain the star of the show, but we would be remiss to forget that all sorts of wildlife out there ...

The prohibition on "live fire" training that includes animals is part of this year's annual defense bill, although other uses ...

A study by Kristin Winchell (NYU) sequenced the genomes of these reptiles and found 93 specific genes related to limb and skin development that had diverged from forest populations. The city lizards ...

The U.S. military will stop its practice of shooting pigs and goats to help prepare medics for treating wounded troops in a ...

A white-necked jacobin hummingbird chick surprises scientists, scaring away wasps by mimicking a poisonous caterpillar.