To mark World Emoji Day 2018, Apple has unveiled more than 70 new emoji characters set to appear in an update to operating software on its devices, including the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac.

New animals on the emoji block include a contemplative parrot, a near-perfectly symmetrical peacock, though the lobster is exactly symmetrical, and a surprisingly insouciant kangaroo. Foodstuffs ...

Explore the meanings behind emojis with this comprehensive guide. From happy faces to animals and objects, this list provides detailed explanations for a wide range of emoji symbols.

To celebrate World Animal Day, a new tricky emoji quiz has been released by Everypaw Pet Insurance. The average time to complete the baffling challenge is 11 minutes.

Are you ready for a ton of new emoji? If not, you better hurry to prepare yourself and your phone. Announced Wednesday by the Unicode Consortium, a group that helps make open standards to allow ...

But even with the shortcomings in emoji diversity, the study highlighted a positive note: The number of animal and nature emojis has more than doubled in the past eight years, with a current total ...

Looking at the animal kingdom, there is a huge bias toward the large group, or phylum, we are in — vertebrates. Out of more than 30 animal phyla, we only have emoji representatives for five of them.

Researchers said symbols for animals, plants, fungi and microorganisms are underrepresented, which undermines interest in unknown species and conservation efforts.