From the formation of inner ear bones to the rise of hair to cover our bodies, these developments made us distinct from other ...

Birds are one type of animal that have adapted to not feel the effects of spicy foods that humans often do.

The slow loris, a nocturnal primate from tropical regions, is often seen as one of nature's "dumbest" animals due to its ...

Headlines announcing the arrival of a possible Russian spy dolphin soon circulated around the world as the beluga (dubbed ...

Vampire bats rely on amino acids from their blood diet to fuel their exercise, scientists discovered after observing the ...

A bobcat, with its characteristic reddish fur and black markings, trots across a snow-covered field in central Oregon, in the ...

A Belgian sheep that has not been sheared for five years cannot have its wool removed in case it catches pneumonia.

A Soviet zoologist with a passion for long-extinct mammals set out to reinvigorate the landscape of the Caucasus in the 20th ...

A Canadian teenager is currently in critical condition after contracting a suspected case of H5N1 bird flu, a British ...

In 2023, a highly pathogenic bird flu leapt to seals in South America, killing some 17,000 elephant seal pups (about 97 ...

In a rare technique among mammals, the bats burn proteins from blood, rather than carbs or fat, to power their pursuits of ...