The platypus is one of evolution's lovable, oddball animals. The creature seems to defy well-understood rules of biology by ...

Pitt State Biology students are applying what they learn in the classroom to real-world field work in unique eco-systems. In ...

From bold foxes to gregarious birds, animals’ personalities are increasingly being seen as crucial to conservation efforts.

Scientists studying Australia’s walking sharks found reproduction demands no extra energy, even under stress, raising new ...

The Asian swamp eel is an air-breathing, mud-loving predator spreading throughout the United States. These slithering threats ...

A large-scale population genomic study has shed new light on the evolutionary and domestication history of the button ...

When COVID-19 lockdowns emptied city streets, urban environments changed almost overnight. New research suggests that Los ...

Life in the wild is never constant; animals adapt quickly if they are to survive. Climate change, the reduction of habitats, ...

Analysis of woolly rhinoceros DNA recovered from the permafrost-preserved wolf further hints that the Ice Age beasts went ...

On December 7, two sloth bear cubs were born at the Smithsonian National Zoo. It marks the first time in 12 years that cubs ...

A rare sample from a woolly rhinoceroses reveals how the population changed in the lead-up to the species’ extinction.

A 2024 U.S. national survey reported that 11.8% of males and 7.6% of females ages 12 and older met the criteria for Alcohol ...