Mammals and birds yawn, and just like humans, the bigger their brains the longer they yawn. Humans have yawns lasting around six seconds, while mice yawn for one or two seconds. Birds with large ...

Despite decades of research, scientists admit that they still have a lot to learn about sleep. In general, sleep can be ...

Join a staff member to explore the many displays in the visitor center Great Room. Test your identification skills and see if ...

Bubba the harbor seal—the star attraction of the Woods Hole Science Aquarium—is leaving next month for his new home at the ...

A year after bird flu was discovered in Texas dairy cows, the first case in a sheep has been identified in the U.K.

After samples were collected, the whale was buried since it was "unable to be towed back to" the beach due to shallow water.

Two killer whales have killed dozens — if not hundreds — of sharks, including the vaunted great whites, with an ease that has ...