Bats are some of the most highly specialized mammals to have ever evolved. This includes not only the evolution of active ...

Picture a dolphin diving toward the seafloor with something odd on its nose. It is not a shell or a fish. It is a sea sponge.

Dolphins also have a habit of flinging octopuses. This has a practical benefit of killing the octopus before the dolphin tries to eat it, thus avoiding the danger of being choked by hundreds of ...

The unusual sighting of an evening bat in Wellington, Colorado, begs the question of how this flying mammal got there.

Caves are one of the most mysterious habitats on earth, a habitat that is dark, lacks sunlight, has a constant temperature, and food is limited. However, after millions of years, some animals have ...

For most of their evolutionary history, narwhals have relied more on sound than sight to survive in the Arctic’s dark icy waters. The speckled toothed whales—sometimes referred to as “unicorns of the ...

Denmark’s red streetlights cut light pollution, protect wildlife, and could reshape how cities light the night.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A narwhal. via Animalia In a warming Arctic, noise from growing shipping traffic is interfering with the ability of narwhals to ...

Nature has always loved surprises. Just when we think we understand how the world works, an animal comes along and quietly breaks all the rules. Some creatures glow in the dark, some survive without ...

Opinion: As Vancouver and Seattle showcase orcas to the world with branding and storytelling ahead of FIFA World Cup matches, ...

A new study from Tel Aviv University's School of Zoology reveals that the environment in which a bat is raised during the first months of its life largely determines how it will behave in the wild, ...