Browsing: Animals

Merlin the sheep came to me by chance four years ago. A friend of mine had a lamb she was bottle-feeding, but she couldn’t look after…

March 19, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmWhat animal are you? Humans and animals tend to like the same mating callsWhether it’s a canary’s…

Horses whinny to find new friends, greet old ones and celebrate happy moments like feeding time.How exactly horses produce that distinctive sound – also called a…

February 13, 20264 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmLet these nine romantic animals inspire you on Valentine’s DayThese amorous creatures could put Casanova to shame—from…

Shivering and rain-drenched at the side of a pond in Cornwall, a huddle of people watched in hushed silence as a beaver took its first tentative…

Which animals came first? For more than a century, most evidence suggested that sponges, immobile filter-feeders that lack muscles, neurons and other specialized tissues, were the…

January 23, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmHow zoos prepare for winter stormsThis weekend’s freezing temperatures and snow won’t just affect humans—zoo animals need…

Bats are impressive navigators. Like so many mini submarines equipped with sonar, they deftly navigate dark forests and caves by listening for the echoes of their…

Erik Irmer has been documenting the spread of invasive plant and animal species that disrupt native ecology across Europe. He focuses on humans’ interactions with these…

Death and taxes are supposed to be the things we can depend on in this life. But in 2025, the American entrepreneur Ben Lamm sold much…