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In the past, many scientists believed that only mammals and birds could feel or think in complex ways. Reptiles, fish, and ...

Although the team’s stated goal is to capture footage of an adult colossal squid in its natural environment, according to ...

Learn how playing dead can keep you alive - we reveal the fascinating concept of death feigning in the animal world.

There is mounting evidence that even surprisingly simple animals, like invertebrates, have a level of consciousness - but not ...

Bogong moths use both Earth's magnetic field and the starry night sky to make twice-yearly migrations spanning hundreds of ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

From spiders to scorpions, some 1000 different invertebrate species are traded globally as pets. This is bad for biodiversity ...

When we think about animals, we tend to think of furry four-legged mammals. But 95% of all animal species are ...

Every week, one or two species of Australian invertebrate go extinct. Many species on the brink live in cities – where we can ...

It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants feed upon. What seems to be an inert plant, a part of the ecological ...