Human beings live every day with the understanding of our own mortality, but do animals have any concept of death? It’s a question that has long intrigued scientists, fueled by reports of ants, for ...

Source: Gleive Marcio Rodrigues de Souza/Pexels. I've long been interested in what nonhuman animals (animals) know and feel about death and dying including if they know when others are dying. 1 I'm ...

Philosopher Susana Monsó's book Playing Possum, newly translated into English next month, makes the strong case that many animals big and small understand the concept of death. Reading time 8 minutes ...

Kali Holder, a veterinary pathologist at the National Zoo, is motivated by problem-solving and a passionate curiosity about nature. Image: courtesy of Kali Holder When an animal becomes endangered, it ...

Scientists study Goffin’s cockatoos to explore their potential understanding of death and cognitive recognition of permanent non-functionality.

The post Animals That Rely on Faking Death to Stay Alive appeared first on A-Z Animals. Many animals survive predation by running, fighting, or hiding. However, some take a much stranger approach: ...

The motivation behind everything that animals do is to stay alive, at least until they have produced offspring. Any species that cannot do this is not going to last for long. But are there occasions ...

Conservation scientists from UNSW Sydney have used DNA technology to identify feral cats as the primary predators responsible for the deaths of reintroduced native animals at two conservation sites in ...