From NASA-funded language experiments and LSD trials to debunked kidnapping hoaxes, I explore the weirdest dolphin conspiracy ...

For about three decades, beluga whales and bottlenose dolphins greeted more than a million annual visitors to Marineland of Canada. In the sprawling 162-hectare (400-acre) theme park, located a ...

University of Michigan study finds noise harms birds' health in many ways, including their ability to reproduce ...

Drones flying above the waters of Shetland have captured rare footage of harbor porpoises gathering in unusually large groups and engaging in mating behavior. The footage, gathered between 2019 and ...

Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago. But we ...

A new study sheds light on the illuminating, sometimes counterintuitive dynamics of mating and how species survive.

DNA evidence suggests homo sapiens women more often paired with Neanderthal men, helping explain why Neanderthal genes are rare.

Weeks after ravens destroyed their eggs, Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow welcomed a new egg at their nest overlooking the lake.

"It's amazing to see." Whale watchers capture wild dolphin's 'rare behavior' off California coast: 'One of the coolest things I've ever seen' first appeared on The Cool Down.

If you've noticed an uptick in coyote chatter recently in neighborhood groups, you're not alone. February is mating season for the four-legged canines, which can lead to sightings in even the most ...

Some Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Western Australia use sea sponges as tools to protect their snouts while hunting hidden prey, a behavior known as “sponging.” Sponging occurs only ...

Scientists have documented same-sex behavior in hundreds of animal species, though it is not considered a required function for specific ecosystem roles. Some researchers suggest that genetic ...