"Whispers From the Wild" by Susan B. Eirich, Ph.D. Source: Jamie Chrisman, used with permission. Humans are all over the place, and because of our peripatetic and trespassing proclivities, far too ...

This footage captures the natural behavior of various animal species in their real environment. Without human disturbance, we can observe how they live, forage, and interact with the surrounding ...

The right way to photograph wildlife: from a distance, in the animal's natural habitat. Jim Peaco, Yellowstone National Park/Flickr One of the biggest privileges of being a primatologist is spending ...

Think forever love is just a human thing? Not even close. While most wild animals take the quantity-over-quality approach when it comes to mating, a rare and fascinating few choose one partner and ...

As a teenager in the 1970s, I worked on a typical dairy farm in England. Fifty cows grazed on lush pastures for most of their long lives, each producing about 12 liters of milk daily. They were loved ...

For this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, celebrating its 60th anniversary, the Natural History Museum of London attracted a record-breaking 59,228 entries from photographers of ...

Fatal attractions are a standard movie plotline, but they also occur in nature, with much more serious consequences. As a conservation biologist, I’ve seen them play out in some of Earth’s most remote ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. As a society, we tend to hold romanticized notions about life in the wild. We picture these rabbits nuzzling with ...

There are few things more joyful, if occasionally nerve-wracking, than having a pet in your home. And plenty of people agree. According to the American Pet Products Association, around 94 million ...

Books about writers’ dogs and cats are a literary staple. Now there’s a booming subset of memoirs about writers’ relationships with less domestic creatures. By Alexandra Alter Alexandra Alter’s ...

One of the biggest privileges of being a primatologist is spending time in remote locations with monkeys and apes, living near these animals in their habitats and experiencing their daily lives. As a ...