We generally think of pregnancy as a continuous process, but scientists have recently discovered mechanisms that allow for ...

Pacific Whale Foundation has opened registration for its winter Ocean Camp, a week-long science and culture program for ...

The human capacity for rational thinking makes us unique among the animal kingdom, according to wise, old Aristotle. However, ...

The human penis is 'conservative' compared to other members of the animal kingdom - and now a scientist reveals why this is.

New research has dramatically expanded the known roster of mammals on Earth. A new review published in the Journal of ...

The virus would become a pandemic virus if it gains the capability of human-to-human transmission, the head of the French ...

A recent study found that 47 percent of breeding female elephant seals on South Georgia, home to the world’s largest ...

New research has revealed that marine mammals who live far below the ocean's surface are not immune from the burden of toxic ...

Most birds and mammals rely on their eyes to sense daylight, but a new study finds fish also directly “see” daylight with the pituitary gland in their brains. A team of researchers led by UMass ...

“This caught our attention because there is no evidence in the archaeological record that wolves ever lived on these islands, ...

Chavez, a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Rhode Island, spotted a leopard seal on an ice floe. Borras-Chavez was ...

Humans spent centuries trying to tame zebras—but nature made sure they’d always stay wild.