The oldest fossilized remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that ...

Because animals have a limited capability of understanding human language, they cannot “read” the way humans do.

19. The largest known prime number contains 41,024,320 digits. 20. Frogs breathe and drink through their skin. 21. A bullet ...

Scientists discovered that river otter droppings contain large numbers of parasites that infect the animals’ prey, indicating that otters may play a significant role in shaping local food webs.

They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...

Britain’s biodiversity continues to decline at an alarming rate, but environmentalists say there are reasons to be cheerful ...

From Santa’s reindeer and the Hanukkah armadillo to some very festive sea worms, our changing world is changing life for ...

A strange little snake fossil found on England’s south coast has finally revealed its secrets—more than 40 years after it was ...

Throughout its five seasons, the Netflix show Stranger Things follows a ragtag group of teenagers and their parents as monsters from another universe — unleashed by the secret work of a government ...

Earlier this week, a woman made a startling discovery while hailing a Waymo autonomous cab for her daughter in Los Angeles: a quick glance into the back of the vehicle revealed a stranger, who’d been ...

A Reddit user sparked outrage by sharing footage of a pair of tourists engaging in cruel and unusual behavior toward a beloved marine species. Iceland is home to two resident seal species, the grey ...

SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. – Wildlife rehabilitators are trying to save the life of a great horned owl found tied up inside an empty seed bag and left on the side of a West Michigan road. Conservation ...