A few weeks ago, a Lowell homeowner looked out at his backyard and saw something strange just inside the tree line. It looked ...

Photograph of three male zebra finches (Taeniopygia castanotis), whose mating calls were used as part of the study. Credit: Raina Fan. The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers ...

Citizen scientists listened to pairs of mating sounds from 16 different species, including male zebra finches, and selected ...

Whether it’s a canary’s chirp or a treefrog’s croak, humans tend to prefer many of the same sounds that animals do themselves, a new study finds ...

Spotting the elusive ‘Ghost of the Mountains’ is less of a traditional safari and more of a high-altitude pilgrimage. The ...

Researchers have identified the long-mysterious Toronto “subway deer” as a previously unknown extinct deer related to the ...

The uneven heating of the Earth is especially prominent as winter turns to spring, which is why March comes in like a lion with roaring winds.

On the East Coast, Mason Neck State Park in Virginia has large numbers of bald eagles that have been roosting for centuries, ...

"Enjoy them, but enjoy them from afar." Onlooker captures video of tourists' dangerous behavior near massive wild animal: 'I am at a loss for words' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Bobcat (Lynx rufus) populations have been increasing since their extirpation in the 1850s. From the 1970s, the numbers have ...

Driving through rural areas at dawn or dusk often means sharing the road with wildlife, particularly deer. Vehicle-deer ...