Sometimes, a creature unknown to science hides in plain sight without anyone realizing its significance. In the case of one ...

A 400-million-year-old jawed fish fossil found in the Arctic, Romundina gagnieri, could be a key link in the evolution of ...

An international study aimed at measuring the impact of mining critical metals from the seabed has found 788 species, many of them previously unknown, living at a depth of 4,000 metres in what the ...

From cat declawing bans to crackdowns on extreme farm confinement, here are the laws that have recently come into place.

Ice age people painted these animals 12,600 years ago.

Since 2005, the global count of living mammal species has risen by 25%.

A new species of small toad has been discovered in the highlands of Guyana, Adhaerobufo wokomungensis, living in isolated ...

When it comes to relationships, a new study by Rover finds that pets are the ultimate green flag and how someone treats their ...

For years, a few tiny shrew specimens collected in Ethiopia puzzled researchers. They were noticeably smaller than any known species, yet the evidence was scattered across different expeditions and ...

In late 2025, Interpol coordinated a global operation across 134 nations, seizing roughly 30,000 live animals, confiscating ...

Just when you think you have a good idea of the mammals that live in North America, another one appears and forces you to ...