Mice that experience the real world may be better models for human mental health conditions, compared with lab mice that ...

At first glance, this mammal looks like a horse gone terribly wrong. But, in reality, Chalicotherium is far from a botched ...

A new list of threatened mammals in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini shows that 11 more species have edged closer to extinction since 2016. Those that have joined the International Union for the ...

Winter is in full swing, but despite the cold and snow there are still animals that are active. Lately when I arrive at Audubon Community Nature Center in the mornings, I’ve been looking out the large ...

Of all the mammals in the world, humans by far have the strangest diets. As omnivores, we have the most variety of any other ...

When considering the fastest animals on Earth, size seems like it should matter. Yet the cheetah, weighing around 50 ...

Chloe Adams says she has had a rodent problem in her apartment for a year ...

When scientists finally measured the most powerful bite ever recorded, the winner wasn’t T. rex. It was something far older, ...

A large-scale analysis of 117 mammal species found that preventing reproduction is associated with longer lifespans, suggesting a strong link between reproductive activity and life expectancy. Why do ...

An animal ecologist researching large marine animals such as whales and dolphins, Assistant Professor Iwata Takashi of the ...

The primary difference between chipmunk and squirrel species lies in their habitat and storage strategy. Squirrels are the ...

Four million years ago, the landscape of Northern Greece was the territory of a huge snake, a true biological titan.