She arrived at Naples Zoo in 2013 from Ohio after being genetically matched through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ ...

New York City is known for Wall Street, crowded streets, and famous landmarks. Beyond that familiar image, its history includes buried ships beneath Manhattan, abandoned transit platforms, escaped zoo ...

Reid Park Zoo is enlarging its zebra enclosure and creating safeguards to protect the population after a 6-week-old foal, Takiti Maji, died. The enclosure, which houses Tikiti Maji’s parents, Anna and ...

Animals on land and sea use sound for different purposes – and alterations in their environment can change the effect it has ...

Humans appear to be the only species clearly proven to shed tears specifically because of emotions. Elephants, primates, and dogs show behaviors and biological responses that come closest to human ...

From whale songs to lion roars, animals have evolved to stretch their voices across distances so that friends—and sometimes foes—can hear them. Each sound is coded with messages like "Come here!" ...

Most cats purr in the same low range, but the reason yours sounds higher isn't what you think. Here's what actually sets a calico's purr apart from a tabby's.

Nature provided one more confirmation. The team recorded stallions affected by recurrent laryngeal neuropathy, a disease that ...

Some Samoyeds adjust the pitch of their howls depending on the music being played, showing a form of vocal ability they might ...

Discover the brain science behind how birds learn to sing, from song nuclei to social cues and critical learning windows.