Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The capybara – a South American relative of the guinea pig -- is the latest in a long line of “it ...

Brainteasers are not only entertaining but also an excellent way to keep your mind healthy and active. It tests your cognitive skills, improves your mental agility, and may even improve your vision.

Brainteasers can be a great way to keep your mind healthy and some of them can also put your eyesight to the test. The image above may look like a pretty pattern, but hidden right in front of your ...

Below, Scientific American has rounded up some of the things we learned about animals this year that gave us a good chuckle and brightened our days a bit. Synchronization of muscle contraction in ...

As impressive as Itooka’s longevity is, it pales in comparison to some of the non-human ultra-survivors of the animal kingdom. Here are three animals that take longevity to another level.

But a few years into the avian outbreak, it is clear that the virus is an unwelcome new danger to animals that are already under intense threat from climate change, habitat loss, overfishing and ...

Rachel Feltman: Who here grew up loving animals? Personally, I had a five-foot-long [one-and-a-half-meter-long] iguana who taught himself to use the cat’s litter box. That dude was the best.

But we’re not alone in experiencing longevity. Other rare species reach ages marked in centuries, and each class of animals boasts individuals that are unusually long-lived compared to their peers.

“These are extreme animals. These are animals that dive to great depths, so they’ve got all sorts of adaptations, if you like, for that remarkable environment.” When a spade-toothed whale ...