Islands are biodiversity hotspots. They only make up 5 percent of the world’s land mass, but they are home to 20 percent of ...

A University of Portsmouth student has discovered a new species of prehistoric mammal dating back 145 million years to the ...

In the Andes Mountains of northern Peru, a long-tailed mammal with a “facial mask” moved through the undergrowth. Suddenly, the ground dropped out underneath its hairy paws, and it fell into a ...

In just the last several months, de-extinction—bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble ...

We were trying to learn how certain animals lost their regeneration capacity during evolution and then put back the ...

Study in mice suggests potential for probiotic treatment. Although previous research has linked pesticide exposure to harmful effects on gut microbes, a new study is the first to chart how specific ...

The first mice to be created from two fathers, a phenomenon known as androgenesis, have now produced healthy offspring for ...

The findings of a new study "clearly show that interfering with the environment has a detectable effect on wildlife," a ...

Capybaras are some of nature’s most interesting animals, known for their sweet personalities and unique social bonds. Florida ...

The human brain is made up of billions of nerve cells (neurons) that communicate with each other in vast, interconnected ...

Trapped by ice and molded by genes, the Norwegian lemming split from its Siberian cousin just 35,000 years ago, a new study ...