Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...

The 2-million-year-old partial skeleton may even represent the oldest example of H. habilis discovered so far. It includes a ...

Zoo Knoxville is introducing a new arrival: A three-legged red panda named Khyana. The 6-year-old animal is ready to make her ...

Veronika the Austrian cow adapts the placement of a tool depending where on her body she has an itch, and challenges assumptions about cattle smarts in the process.

Climate change has a wide range of effects on wildlife. It affects seasonal migration, reproduction times, body size and mass ...

After the last confirmed female died in 2023, the Yangtze giant softshell turtle now hangs on with just two known survivors.

A pet cow in Austria named Veronika picks up sticks with her mouth and uses them to scratch herself—which a team at ...

The Trump administration wants to make economic impacts a factor in what was previously a science-based decision on what's ...

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

From sticky “flypaper” to lightning-fast suction, carnivorous plants have evolved various ingenious traps for finding the ...

Insects are often seen as invaders due to high-profile species like the yellow-legged (Asian) hornet, the harlequin ladybird ...

Whenever an animal species drops into the single digits, every risk to them matters. While not necessarily a common ...