Fifty thousand years ago, North America's landscapes were alive with an astonishing array of enormous creatures. Massive woolly mammoths roamed vast icy plains, while dense forests echoed with the ...

Hawai'i has tightened its laws on harming wild animals, after a native hawk was found badly injured on the island of Hawai'i.

While the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park are best known for rare and endangered animals such as giant pandas, koalas and ...

New dinosaur Enigmacursor clarifies taxonomy and highlights overlooked species in the Morrison Formation. A small dinosaur ...

A group of scientists studying pregnancy across six different mammals—from humans to marsupials—uncovered how certain cells ...

An ichthyosaur preserved beneath a Chilean glacier is helping scientists understand the extinct animals and the world around them as a supercontinent broke up.

A study from Okayama University links finger length in rats to sexual behavior and preference, offering new insights into ...

Ticks are most active in summer, the same time people also flock to the woods and prairies where the creatures live.

From dogs predicting your mood to sea turtles navigating with magnetic maps, animals may have senses humans can’t even ...

Trapped by ice and molded by genes, the Norwegian lemming split from its Siberian cousin just 35,000 years ago, a new study ...

It's always fun to spot a new or unique animal in the wild. This rare mammal was recently spotted in North America, however, ...