UChicago paleontologists use CT scanning and simulations to show how a 250-million-year-old mammal predecessor could hear ...

This innovative technique, colloquially known as “snot-bot” sampling, allows us to understand whale health better than ever ...

Researchers announced over 70 new species in a single year, including bizarre insects, ancient dinosaurs, rare mammals, and ...

The ancestors of our furry cats and dogs once looked similar to today's modern mongoose, a mammal with a long body and small, ...

Rabies is a potentially fatal viral disease that is transmissible to all mammals, including humans. It infects mammals when the rabies virus enters a victim’s nervous stem, typically via an animal’s ...

New research led by the University of Washington suggests that two different climate transitions millions of years ago fueled ...

Rabies vaccination before you travel can reduce the need for this post-exposure prophylaxis or can simplify your treatment if ...

Nepal is both the source and transit site for wildlife poaching, and has long flourished as a route for the illegal trade.

Shankland's award-winning interdisciplinary book examines our dominance of and affection for animals and how empathy toward ...

The winning Grand Prize picture of the National Wildlife Federation photo contest features a blue morph Arctic fox.

New research published on December 11 in Scientific Reports posits that killer whales (Orcinus orca) off the coast of British Columbia may be forging hunting partnerships that bridge a species divide.

Birds and mammals moving about areas covered with fresh snow leave information behind. Prints in snow can identify the animal that made them, but they can also reveal the animal’s direction of ...