Animals and Wildlife

A new study shows that chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks. Previous research has shown that chimps have their own signature drumming style.

A rare New Zealand snail was captured for the first time on camera laying eggs from its neck.

Authorities are testing DNA samples to determine if any of the bears killed 89-year-old Robert Markel near his home early Monday.

A bear broke into a car in Forest Ranch, California, and damaged the interior as it tried to escape.

Dramatic video shows how authorities in Manatee County, Florida, wrangled and “expelled” an alligator from a high school campus.

Two male piping plovers were spotted Friday at Montrose Beach, according to Chicago Piping Plovers, an organization dedicated to protecting local plovers.

Researchers at Colossal Biosciences, a self-described “de-extinction company,” first announced Monday the “successful birth of three dire wolves,” calling it the “world’s first successfully de-extincted animal.”

As scientists tout what they described as the “re-birth” of the once-extinct dire wolf, what should you know about the creatures that disappeared thousands of years ago?

Photos on social media showed a goose nesting in a juniper planter next to the center-field seats underneath the scoreboard during Saturday’s game.

A Florida influencer and self-described “dog mom” has been arrested after she filmed herself having sex with a dog for a social media user who paid for it, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.⁠ Logan Guminski, 27, was charged with two felonies, sexual activity involving an animal and filming sexual activity involving an animal. ⁠It was back in January...

A teenager was attacked by a sea lion in Long Beach while she was trying out to become a junior guard cadet.

The 23-inch skull is believed to be at least 60,000 years old. Bids will be accepted until Thursday, March 20.

Australia officials are looking into whether Montana-based influencer Sam Jones breached immigration law when fleeing the country.

An Australian high school discovered that a boulder which had sat in the parking lot for over 20 years contained fossilized footprints of the three-toed Pisanosaurus.

“They did not know that this was an actual fossil itself. Some were thinking that it was a replica,” Australian paleontologist Anthony Romilio said.

Seeing stink bugs in your home in the Chicago area? You’re not alone.

While the great cicada emergence of 2024 brought a historic convergence of cicada broods, what will happen in 2025?

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has advice for dealing with certain types of invasive species — eat them. Here’s what Nutria, iguana and Northern Snakehead tastes like.

A dolphin weighing more than 900 pounds appeared to fall out of the sky before landing in a small fishing boat off the coast of New Zealand.

A beautiful moment was captured live in a nest in Big Bear Valley, California.