Prehistoric animals are often pictured as distant fossils, yet a surprising number of species still walk, swim, and crawl across Earth with body plans that echo deep time. Strictly speaking, ...

Fecal analyses and necropsies suggest a fire-footed rope squirrel was the source of a 2023 mpox outbreak among sooty ...

Wondering about the most dangerous birds on Earth? We've compiled this list of the Top 20 scariest birds — some that have ...

The cheetah is back – thanks to a smart release project that now sees populations flourishing in South Africa and beyond ...

Rapid DNA tests, x-ray fluorescence guns, and other technologies are being deployed in the fight against wildlife trafficking ...

The ingredient — a staple of cuisines around the world — is increasingly showing up on restaurant menus and in cookbooks in the U.S.

The Saint Louis Zoo is embracing the arrival of four African painted pups. According to officials, pups Kambala, Karroo, ...

Conservationists are raising the plight of the pangolin, a scaly anteater found in parts of Africa and Asia that is the most trafficked mammal in the world.

Humans have dominated this planet for tens of thousand years. One study showed the arrival of people in Australia about 47,000 years ago caused the extinction of marsupials such as the giant ...

When a stone sits on the Earth’s surface, cosmic rays quietly pepper it, leaving behind rare isotopes like tiny time stamps.

Having hatched in California on April 4, 1987, Einstein ended up at Zoo Knoxville in 1992. She later shot to fame on the Animal Planet show Pet Star thanks to her extensive vocabulary, which extended ...

The Puppy Bowl is back for its 22nd year, airing on Sunday, Feb. 8 at 2 p.m. ET, just hours before Super Bowl LX kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET. The annual event brings together rescue puppies from across ...