A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding ...

We may have gotten the evolutionary origins of the echidna backward, as new research suggests its ancestors probably lived in ...

When you think of predators, you likely imagine big animals with sharp claws or teeth, like tigers or sharks. Over 100 ...

The real world analog of "Common Side Effects" underscores the loss of biodiversity before we even know what's gone ...

Ants feel like an alien species. After fighting with a spouse, queen ants do the weirdest thing, but it's for a good reason..

The findings could aid conservation efforts for the beloved species, which is found in only one Mexico City lake.

Actually named "Big Al and Lizzy," the giant elephant statues at Papa Joe's Fireworks in Hardeeville are nicknamed "Thelma ...

UNSW scientists have discovered new species of bizarre, extinct 'hammer-toothed' carnivorous marsupials that likely crunched snails in Australia's ...

Western trillium,” she said, “are plentiful in Arcata’s Redwood Park and Vietor Memorial Forest behind Humboldt Area ...

And a kind of characterization of mushrooms, mycology, people associated with either as being wacky, wild, weird ... to the threat that is our species. Our collecting really didn't happen ...