The Chinese New Year celebration starts with the new moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days ...

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The new moon on February 17 marks the start of the Lunar New Year, which is celebrated in many Southeast and East Asian ...

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) supports projects that reintroduce wild horses to these fragile ecosystems. One of them is the Altyn Dala Initiative in Kazakhstan, which has been recognized as a ...

Highly valued in diverse cultures, the horse gallops to pole position in the Chinese zodiac. Famous horse babies include ...

No, chimpanzees and other great apes cannot breed with monkeys. Even though we often think of primates – the order of mammals that includes great apes such as chimps and ourselves, gibbons, monkeys ...

From spraying mates with urine to changing one's sex, these are the most intriguing courtships in the animal kingdom.

Since their domestication, horses have changed the course of human history. It’s no wonder the Chinese zodiac associates them with prosperity and success ...

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When it comes to natural history filmmaking, there’s one golden rule: no intervention. No matter the scene unfolding in front of you, you do not interfere. However, this rule has been broken on ...

A new study suggests humans belong in an elite “league of monogamy,” ranking closer to beavers and meerkats than to chimpanzees. By comparing full and half siblings across species and human cultures, ...

Coyotes are often described as adaptable survivors that thrive wherever humans live. That description, while accurate, leaves out an important part of their lives. Research over the past decade has ...