Describing groups of people as animals, using language like, "hunt them down" and "infestation" is an age old tactic to influence public opinion. And, it works. History shows when dehumanizing ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. You might have played the game called "animal, vegetable, mineral". One player thinks of an object or organism and ...

Groups of animals consider multiple factors before deciding whether to fight rivals, researchers say. Groups of animals consider multiple factors before deciding whether to fight rivals, researchers ...

A newly identified sponge group called Vilesida is giving scientists a clearer view of animal origins, linking sponges with ...

Surprisingly, genome comparisons have failed to resolve a major question in animal evolution: Which living animals are the descendants of the earliest animals to evolve in the world's oceans?