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As adorably attention-seeking as the pup in the latest viral TikTok video may seem, do dogs really get jealous?

A new study from Kyoto University, Japan has found that dogs do surreptitiously judge us when we make mistakes - but only if theyre female.

A pair of experiments find that mice choose to run less after taking antibiotics, even though their endurance is unchanged

While dogs may not recognize themselves in a mirror, they are more self-aware than previously thought, according to a recent study.

"Unlike catnip, he wont let his new-found fame go to his head," joked the cats owner.

Common bottlenose dolphins identify themselves with a unique call, but these whistles may carry extra information through variations in volume

Pets are a fundamental part of any persons life and are a source of fun and recreation.

Female black widow spiders start eating their partner in the middle of sperm transfer during copulation, a new study shows.  Researchers in Canada have described the disturbing mating behaviour of a black widow spider species endemic to South America, called Latrodectus mirabilis.  Cannibalism between the two sexes is initiated by females through leg grasping and piercing during mating, they reveal from lab observations. Overall, 70 per cent of females cannibalised their first mate, they obs...

Mar. 16, 2021 , 8:01 PM If you’ve ever counted to three before jumping into the pool with a friend, you’ve got something in common with dolphins. The sleek marine mammals use coordinated clicks and whistles to tell each other the precise moment to perform a backflip or push a button, according to new research. That makes them the only animals besides humans known to cooperate with vocal cues. The new work is “fascinating,” says Richard Connor, a cetacean biologist at the University of M...