So, which animals can count and understand simple math? "Many species, including insects, mollusks, lizards, birds and many types of mammals (land living and sea living) ...

Scientists have long searched for universal patterns in animal flight. In 1990, for example, the British biologist Colin James Pennycuick related wingbeat frequency f to a bird’s body mass and wing ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. …or spinal column. Blob is a very simple invertebrate, just like worms or jellyfish. Over 96% of all the animal ...

Tasmanian artist Lucienne Rickard could have made about $100,000 from selling her detailed drawings of animals. Instead, she hopes erasing her work will enhance the creatures' chance of survival.