Sheep tell each other apart from face recognition, sound and smell. So, pretty much as a dog does. Which sense prevails depends upon how far away one animal is from another and how dark it is.

There's something magnetic about a group of people looking in the same direction—others will follow their gazes to see what ...

Two bonobo juveniles hug each other at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary. (Image credit: Anup Shah via Getty Images) It's difficult to judge animal emotions, but the evidence points to the likelihood that ...

Koala Bears, for example, might sleep more than any other animal out there. These cute animals can sleep between 18 and 22 hours per day according to National Geographic . This is largely because ...

Now, though, scientists have hard evidence showing that, just like us, animals can learn from each other and thus maintain their cultures for long periods of time. Groups of swamp sparrows appear to ...

Play What Animals Say to Each Other When They Play New research shows vocalizations are a widespread mode of play signaling. Posted June 14, 2021 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch ...

As people around the world continue to stay at home, animals at zoos and aquariums are freely wandering around and meeting each other. Staff have been using the empty spaces to find new ways to ...

Animals are always talking to each other, scientific review finds. Elephants, birds and naked mole rats all engage in the same kind of two-way conversations that humans have ...

Gisela Kaplan. Emeritus Professor, Animal Behavior, University of New England, and the author of Bird Minds. Cognition and Behaviour of Australian Native Species (2015), among many other books ...