And corporations are clearly more abstract and disembodied than animals: Just a couple of weeks ago scientists and philosophers from many nations published the New York Declaration on Animal ...

The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness suggests that animals are not only conscious, but self-aware. Photo via Shutterstock. It’s an idea we’ve played with since Aesop told his fable ...

From spiders struggling to make webs in orbit to bats clinging to the outside of the Space Shuttle, the history of animals in space is as fascinating as it is weird. Here are some of our favorite ...

If you could combine your genes with any animal in the world, which one would you choose? Would you want the power of a wolf? The agility of a cat? Or the wings of a bird? Well, you'd better make ...

Is it scientifically possible?One day, this might not be a hypothetical, as science is getting closer to bringing extinct animals back. Known as de-extinction, it’s the process of bringing ...

This story appears in the October 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. A honeybee queen, when all is right in her world, should live for two to three years. But in the United States ...

"We have killed almost 70% of the planet's wild animals since I was born," Barnosky said. "Obviously that can't go on too much longer without making the sixth mass extinction an actuality." ...

Most of the cows were hale animals, careering in and cantering out. But one little brown cow moved tentatively, rheum slicking her left eye and a denim patch covering her right. That night ...

2024's cicada emergence is starting very soon. Here's what you need to know about keeping your pets protected. Mary-Elisabeth Combs Associate Writer Mary-Elisabeth is an associate writer on CNET's ...

The terrifying truth of the climate and mass extinction crises is that we don’t understand all that we stand to lose. And without extraordinary acts of imagination and foresight, as a society ...