Sharks rarely bite humans in the first place. And in a new study Friday, researchers have found that some of these bites are ...

The Indian python faces extinction. Habitat loss and illegal trading are major threats. These snakes are also desired as ...

A group of Brazilian researchers has, for the first time in the entire Atlantic Rainforest, estimated the population density ...

What makes the Kermode bear so special, and how does it thrive despite its arresting white coat? Here's what scientists ...

Thinking about “friendly” animals often brings to mind adorable, snuggly creatures we’d love to pet, like puppies or kittens.

Australia is home to the amethystine python. It is also known as scrub python. This snake is among the largest pythons. It is ...

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...

Humans in Argentina may have survived 20,000 years ago by hunting giant armadillos, according to a recent study. This ...

Scientists think the earliest mammals, which lived at the time of the dinosaurs, were quite hairy. But over hundreds of millions of years, a small handful of mammals, including humans, evolved to have ...

The capybara — a semi-aquatic South American relative of the guinea pig — is the latest “it” animal to get star treatment in the U.S.

Georgia is home to more than 200,000 alligators. Is it legal to shoot them? Is there a gator hunting season? Are they likely ...