Animals

From chimps that wage war over territory to parrots that outperform Harvard students on memory tests, many other members of the animal kingdom demonstrate surprisingly human-like behavior.

A stunning photo of the peculiar parasitic plant species, Thismia thaithongiana, wins gold in the Plants and Fungus category of the World Nature Photography Awards.

A group of orcas known to attack boats in southwest Europe have sunk a 50-foot sailing yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar after ripping open its hull. It is the fifth time these killer whales have sent a ship to the seafloor in the last three years.

Japan has announced plans to add fin whales — the second-largest animal on Earth — to its list of commercial whaling species, which currently includes Bryde's, sei and minke whales.

Birman and Burmese cats live the longest, while Sphynx cats die the youngest, a giant new study of U.K. cats found.

This curiously named sea-dweller lives along the Pacific coast, eats squid eggs and fights by opening its mouth wide.

Two biologists say 145 young Cuban crocodiles that were taken by predators in fall 2022 were killed by feral cats.

Elephants use ear flaps, rumbles, trunk reaches and other forms of communication to greet peers, new research suggests.

Hippos don't produce pink milk, but they do produce a pink, sweat-like secretion.