animals

A newly-designed material, which mimics the wing structure of owls, could help make wind turbines, computer fans and even planes much quieter. Early...

Dogs have been companions to humans for tens of thousands of years. In a new book, Dr Philip Howell argues that it was the Victorians who ‘invented’...

Research provides new insights about what caused the extinction of many of the world’s big animals over the last 100,000 years.

Certain types of birds may track army ant swarms using sophisticated memory and the ability to plan for the future.