The aardwolf is a prolific nocturnal hunter, but its diet is vastly different from its bone-crushing hyena relatives. Here’s ...

The wasp's color is "almost identical" to the official colors of the residential college. A new wasp species, Chrysonotomyia ...

Orcas are known to have an extremely varied diet, with different populations having a preference for unique species of prey, ...

Fossils from Brazil reveal early experiments in mammalian jaw and ear evolution, reshaping our understanding of mammal ...

Northern Elephant seals have staged a remarkable comeback after narrowly escaping extinction by hunting, but new research ...

The genome of a Neanderthal named Thorin suggested he was part of an unknown lineage. He and his community stayed isolated ...

A “weird” species of “walking” fish is helping shed light on how humans evolved to stand upright millions of years ago, according to scientists. The sea robin, a bony fish that lives at the bottom of ...

The Eiffinger's tree frog found in Japan has a unique biological adaptation: its tadpoles do not defecate during their early developmental stages to reduce the risk of contaminating their small ...

There are around 250 different species of marine life that live near Hawaii. If you planned to vacation here, you may have ...

Of concern is that no mandatory speed restrictions currently exist to reduce the risk of fatal boat strikes to large whales in the area.

Researchers set out to find the most taxonomically unique and endangered species living in areas where human pressure may force them into extinction, like the red panda. They wanted to identify so ...