Chicago rodents have evolved with city life. Museum skulls reveal how urbanization is quietly reshaping wildlife.

Feces are a valuable tool in the world of animal identification. It might sound gross, but it’s one of the best ways to ...

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

As Pizza Rat proved, some creatures can adapt to just about anything, even the concrete jungle. And it isn’t just New York ...

Two new studies add to the evidence that human activity, from fishing to urban development, is driving the evolution of wild ...

When living things are faced with dramatic shifts in the world around them, they sometimes rapidly adapt to better survive.

Chipmunks are members of the same family as squirrels. The small rodents spend most of their time aboveground, eating seeds, ...

In general, evolution is a long, slow process of tiny changes passed down over generations, resulting in new adaptations and ...

Urban wildlife is evolving right under our noses — and scientists have the skulls to prove it. By examining over a century’s ...

Over at Dudley Zoo, keepers are whipping up a variety of homemade tasty frozen treats for the animals, with specific flavours for different species. A spokesperson for the zoo said: "Just like us ...

But after the animals were returned to a refuge in central Oman in 1982, almost all were wiped out by poachers. “We had the animals, and we put them back, and the world wasn’t ready,” says Pimm.

Richard Van Buren was arrested Thursday for a charge of mistreating animals after an incident occurred in the Town of Chester around 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 17.