By analyzing the arrangement of vertebrae in the spines of nearly 400 species of tetrapods—a group of animals with four limbs ...

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding ...

As urban development continues to creep further into Earth’s oldest and most diverse rainforests, a Swansea University-led ...

A joint research team has discovered a fossil belonging to a previously unknown genus and species of mammal in the Late ...

Protection by the state could prove critical as the Trump administration proposes new rules to weaken the federal Endangered ...

The ancestors of today’s crocodylians survived two mass extinction events. A new study has revealed a key factor behind their ...

The neurotoxin domoic acid has been detected in an algae bloom off the coast for the fourth year in a row, and this one is ...

The Global Virus Network is urging world leaders to collaborate on early preventative measures on avian flu so it doesn't become the next pandemic.

Aside from birds, hundreds of other types of animals are struck annually, though these incidents rarely cause human injury or ...

More dead marine mammals have washed ashore in Ventura County as the unprecedented bloom of harmful algae in Southern California appears to be worsening. Sky5 footage on Friday showed a deceased ...

Researchers have found that wounds heal three times more slowly in humans than in other primates and rodents, suggesting we ...

The land bridge created by mantle-driven uplift gave early primates and other animals opportunities to branch out.