Shapes of beaks and snouts come in an extraordinary range of forms, reflecting adaptations to different lifestyles and ...

Museum drawers have revealed the fossilised remains of extinct giant echidnas, some as large as dogs. These discoveries shed ...

Primates appear to show one of the most diverse and complex ranges of colorations of mammalian groups. The so-called blue ...

You may not know that our ancestors hibernated during the winter months. Why did we evolve out of this biologically prolific ...

Bats, rodents, hedgehogs, and shrews are mammals among the orders that are predicted to have the most undescribed mammals. (Pictured: a bicolored shrew) Werner Korschinsky via Wikimedia Commons under ...

A team led by an Ohio State University professor analyzed over 4,000 mammal species to identify which animals are likely to have a hidden species. Some yet-to-be-discovered species are likely small ...

At first glance, dolphins, sharks, and whales all cut similar figures as they glide through the ocean: sleek fins, smooth ...

A scientific expedition into a stretch of rainforest crisscrossed by farms, roads, and small communities has turned up 27 ...

Through darkness, ash and deadly heat, a tiny furry animal scurries through the hellscape left behind by the worst day for living things in Earth's history. It picks through the wreckage, snatches an ...