ON APRIL 8TH, THE MIDDAY AFTERNOON SKY WILL TURN DARK. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL STOP IN THEIR TRACKS AND LOOK UP, AND EVEN THE WILDLIFE WILL CHANGE THEIR WAYS. WE ALSO FOUND THAT FISH AND INSECTS ARE ...

A total solar eclipse will be visible in North America today. Animals may start acting weirdly as the moon blocks out the sun. Scientists aren't completely sure how eclipses affect animal behavior.

Many people, including researchers and people who are simply interested in animal behavior, have written off queer sexual behavior in nonhuman animals for any number of reasons, including that it is ...

There could be a turtle eclipse of the heart. Monday’s much-anticipated solar eclipse could cause critters to act kookier than normal, scientists say. During the Great Solar Eclipse of 2017, ...

A team has developed a new software tool to help researchers across the life sciences more efficiently analyze animal behaviors. A team from the University of Michigan has developed a new software ...

Why can't we stop anthropomorphizing our animal friends and foes? Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz / Orca image from Christopher Michel via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY 2.0 / Bird and dolphin via ...

Apparently during a total solar eclipse, zoo animals either think it’s time for bed, time to freak out or time to seek out a little love. The Galapagos tortoises at Riverbank Zoo in Columbia, South ...

Does “incredible never-before-seen footage of rare and remarkable animal behaviors, highlighting the brilliant intelligence of the natural world” sound good to you? Then get excited for the new ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Scientists have documented changes in animal behaviors during the darkness of a total ...

Discover amazing and surprising facts about the animal kingdom that will leave you in awe. From mind-boggling abilities to ...

While sifting through data from an echosounder deployed off the coast of central California in 2010, master’s student Sam Urmy noticed what looked like acoustic interference. Although most of the data ...