The IUCN has updated its 'Red List', revealing that three species of Arctic seal have moved closer to extinction.

Many Tucsonans were saddened when a mountain lion was killed by a vehicle in Saguaro National Park last month - and they might be even more troubled to learn the magnitude of the roadkill slaughter.

The human body is eerily similar to a complex machine, with countless delicate parts. These parts range from the tiniest of ...

On Sept. 15, 2021, members of the European Parliament overwhelmingly voted in favor of a European Union–wide plan for phasing out the use of animals in research and testing. The plan demands that the ...

Technologies such as micro-CT scanning are now helping to reveal the secrets of some of New Zealand's smallest birds.

When humans lose a limb due to an injury, there are lifelong lifestyle changes that are necessary to accommodate the loss of ...

Adorable footage shows a baby elephant taking its first steps. The 250lb female Asian elephant calf was born at Fort Worth Zoo in Texas in August. Her mom, Bluebonnet, 26, who was the first elephant ...

If you’ve ever looked into an aquarium tank and seen an octopus, you might have felt as if it were looking right back at you. Those watchful eyes, the rippling skin that changes colour in an instant, ...

"We have found dinosaurs (in the Blackleaf) before, but this was the second known vertebrate animal we'd ever found in this formation," lead author Harrison Allen, a doctoral student in paleontology ...