A University of Portsmouth student has discovered a new species of prehistoric mammal dating back 145 million years to the ...

Tawny crazy ants in Florida number in the millions, asphyxiate their prey and create huge supercolonies that are nearly ...

The House Natural Resources Committee is set to discuss legislation to make big changes to the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

A 26-year study at the Arid Recovery Reserve reveals how removing invasive predators like cats and foxes triggers a dramatic reshaping of desert small ...

World Capybara Day is commemorated, a date that seeks to raise awareness about the care of this species, considered the ...

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

Trillions of invisible plastic fragments—each smaller than a single bacterium—are polluting one section of ocean in volumes ...

OARRA collects samples of dead animals’ lungs, brains, blubber and more, compiling a biological library of clues for researchers around the country. The data helps scientists learn more about what’s ...

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 ...

Arboviruses are spreading beyond tropical and subtropical regions due to climate change, population growth, and increased ...

Killer whales are one of the most intelligent animals; only humans have a larger brain relative to their body size, according ...

The Pentagon increasingly sees the Pacific as its most important theater of operations as tensions brew between the U.S. and ...