What other incredible gopher facts should you know? Gophers are ground dwellers, making them fossorial animals. Fossorial or burrowing animals live primarily underground, but they do come to the ...

As a tribute to a national press figure, this species was named Dibamus oetamai, referring to Kompas Gramedia founder Jakob Oetama.

Fossorial (burrowing) mammals like mole rats use seismic signals ... but essential communication channel may not fully address the needs of these highly social animals. Studying elephant seismic ...

Animal testing remains a fundamental part of biomedical research. But as funding evaporates, mice, rats and even monkeys may be euthanized. By Emily Anthes On April 1, the Trump administration’s ...

Why do some ancient animals become fossils while others disappear without a trace? A new study from the University of Lausanne, published in Nature Communications, reveals that part of the answer ...

Cockroaches that catch a ride on ants. Grasshoppers that climb aboard sheep. Hitchhiking animals are more common than you think. A classic example of phoresy, the remora uses a modified fin that ...

GLOUCESTER, Va. (WAVY) — Authorities in Gloucester County have rescued 87 animals from what they describe as “disturbing and inhumane conditions” at a property in Hayes. According to a ...

Cobleskill, NY (WRGB) — The Animal Shelter of Schoharie Valley (ASSV), in collaboration with the New York State Police and the Schoharie County Sheriff’s Office, rescued 52 animals from a ...

Park officials in Yosemite are warning visitors about what they say is “one of the most dangerous animals” in the park — and the unlikely culprit has neither fangs nor claws. Mule deer ...

Animal rights activists are calling on Connecticut to end what they say is a cruel method of trapping wild animals that is already banned in other states. The request came from Harvard law ...

The Barbados threadsnake, scientifically known as Tetracheilostoma carlae, holds the record for being the world's smallest ...