Understanding Sleep Cycles in Pets To understand whether pets dream, it is important to first explore their sleep patterns.

Pangolins are solitary creatures, most are nocturnal and highly secretive; thus it is difficult for scientists to study ...

Ringtails spend the majority of the day sleeping in their dens and are most active under the cover of darkness when they come ...

President of the Westminster Kennel Club Donald Sturz shows Fiona, his pet pekingese, during an interview with The Associated ...

Dogs compete in the Flyball tournament at the 149th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa) NEW YORK – They're at the top of their sport. They ...

Tails aren’t just animal accessories, they usually carry specific functions, but when it comes to rays, their function has ...

While exploring how best to design robots that use tails to reorient their bodies in midair, a team of researchers at the University of Michigan and University of California San Diego found that ...

The Humane Society of El Paso is shining some light on one of their long-term residents who is searching for his forever home ...

By contrast, most aquatic vertebrates have a lateral line that is streamlined near the animal’s tail and only becomes complex near their head. This would help them both bury themselves to avoid ...

Tails aren’t just animal accessories, they usually carry specific functions, but when it comes to rays, their function has been somewhat mysterious until now. Cownose rays (Rhinoptera bonasus) — like ...

Solitary lifestyles such as this are remarkably widespread across the animal kingdom. Even among mammals – a generally ...

Meet Freddy, the ultimate cuddle bug who prefers the company of humans over bones or toys (though he is a big fan of bully ...