Animals have evolved crab-like bodies at least five times throughout history, a process known as carcinization.

Despite multiple mass extinctions, the frilled shark has managed to thrive for 100 million years. Today, it remains one of ...

Killing the protected animals may be the only way to stop them from eating too many of the Pacific Northwest’s endangered ...

The Toronto Zoo is mourning the death of its 13-year-old male giraffe after an unexpected accident in its habitat on New Year ...

Sponges are among Earth's most ancient animals, but exactly when they evolved has long puzzled scientists. Genetic ...

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy recently sought input on ways to accelerate the American scientific ...

Some lizards will lose a tail to avoid becoming a meal, but there's more than one reason for animals to self-amputate.

Even as the staff attempted to help Kiko, the distressed animal “panicked and sustained injuries that, due to the unique ...

Advanced biomechanical modeling shows that early mammal ancestors likely used an eardrum to hear airborne sounds 250 million ...

What makes the Game of Thrones writer, George R.R. Martin, different is that he has never considered fantasy as a license to disregard logic.

In the deep ocean, far from sunlight, a small shark has been quietly carving perfect circles of flesh out of animals many ...

Scientists have discovered an enormous species of duck-billed dinosaur that lived in what is now New Mexico about 75 million ...