A chimpanzee that once had to be recaptured after escaping a zoo has died. Koko had been Whipsnade Zoo's oldest chimpanzee ...

The blue whale pushes the limits of what life can achieve. Powered by a heart that beats slowly but moves gallons of blood with each pulse, it thrives by consuming millions of krill each day. This ...

Due to its vast size — stretching from Canada and Greenland in the north, to Mexico in the south — North America contains a ...

Gotta get that vitamin D. This is why they won World War II. A little on the nose. Legend has it that the rooster gave Babe ...

A local resident stumbled upon the remains of the 19,700-year-old beast. Its record-breaking horn offers new insights into life in the Ice Age.

Gotta get that vitamin D. This is why they won World War II. A little on the nose. Legend has it that the rooster gave Babe ...

Chimpanzees consume daily alcohol equivalent to two cocktails from ripe fruits, shedding light on human evolutionary ties to ...

In the forests of South Africa lurks an arachnophobe’s nightmare – Nephila kowaci, the largest web-spinning spider in the world. The females of this newly discovered species have bodies that are 3-4 ...