With Chinese New Year (or Lunar New Year) quickly approaching, some may wonder why this coming year is the Year of the Snake, why each year is represented by an animal and the story behind it all.

A version of this story, by Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi and Karina Lester, Mobile Language Team, was first published as a case study on First Languages Australia's guide “Warra: Building teams, building ...

Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitators volunteer Shawn Tyler holds on to a small opossum as he leads an educational session during tour of Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitators in Hope, Ind., Tuesday, June 17, 2025.

They've never seen animals like hippos and sharks but adults born blind have rich insight into what they look like, a new study found. They've never seen animals like hippos and sharks but adults born ...

You can add marmoset monkeys to the list of species that use “names.” But whether animals have anything more to say remains unknown. Do animals have names? According to the poet T.S. Eliot, cats have ...