New research links brain size and immune gene expansion to mammal longevity, explaining why cats typically outlive dogs.

A video shot by drone earlier this month and published online of two orcas swimming in inadequate facilities sparked a wave ...

In the natural world -- where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity -- animal behavior is glorious in its variety. Now, new research suggests there may be an ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have revealed insight into why embryos erase a key epigenetic mark during early ...

Wildlife baby season peaks in Iowa from now through at least mid-June, and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) field offices across the state are exp ...

Cats infected with bird flu are falling under the radar when it comes to tracking and managing the virus, and this must change rapidly, scientists warn in a new paper.

Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it is searching for the person who stabbed a baby seal multiple ...

NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement is investigating a stabbing attack on an elephant seal pup that occurred on the beach at ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it is searching for the person who stabbed a baby seal multiple ...

Our readers continue to grapple with this question, taking into account the energy cost of producing dark pigment as well as ...

As China and the United States trade charges of a lab leak, researchers contend in a new paper that the Covid pandemic got ...