A loggerhead shrike does not eat every grasshopper it catches. Some are too toxic. Instead, the bird skewers them on thorns ...

You use a flashlight, looking for a rainbow-colored glint in the darkness. Now, imagine 10 other people in the cave with you, using different-colored flashlights at the same time. Suddenly, you can no ...

There are few stories in nature as heartbreaking as that of the passenger pigeon. It is not because the bird was rare or ...

There are many observations of animals behaving oddly during eclipses, but the reason may have nothing to do with the sun and ...

But these methods can lead to costs that far outweigh their benefits, causing unnecessary suffering for not only the ...

Multiple environmental pressures are harming bees whose pollination supports crops and flowering plants worldwide.

Goats, sheep, cervids and pigs are still on the hook. Plus: a Perdue slaughterhouse chasing the value Saskatchewan keeps ...

Read a National Geographic magazine article about animal mating behaviors and get information, facts, and more about sexual ...