A surprising new study has found that blocking reproduction in some mammals may increase their life expectancy by an average ...

Field photos courtesy Cetacean Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution Lab (CEBEL), Flinders University. Whales, dolphins and other ...

As animals go about their lives ― eating, fighting, having babies ― they don’t always follow the script laid out for them by ...

At first glance, this mammal looks like a horse gone terribly wrong. But, in reality, Chalicotherium is far from a botched ...

Fossils reveal dinosaurs were flourishing in diverse ecosystems right up until the asteroid impact ended their reign.

Yinxu - known as the last capital of the Shang - is one of China’s most important archaeological sites, famous for oracle bone inscriptions and monumental burials. The new pits add another layer: not ...

Whales, dolphins and other marine mammals are highly social, but those social ties can also help diseases spread through ...

Learning how pronghorn survived the climate changes that ended the ice ages anddrove so many other large mammals to ...

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

Museum scientists have identified and described an extinct rhinoceros species from Canada’s High Arctic. Researchers at the ...

Humans are the only primates that run nearly naked under the sun. Here’s how this biological tradeoff reshaped how our ...

Earlier studies suggest that other mammals also glow under UV light, but the reasons why have been vague. Deer use the same ...