Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...

Hydrogen cyanide, a toxic chemical, may have helped spark the chemistry that led to life. When frozen, it forms crystals with ...

Amid a recent spate of reported sightings of bobcats and coyotes in Frisco, local experts are encouraging North Texas ...

A fire broke out early Thursday morning at a Florida zoo, killing six animals, injuring two more. Here's what we know.

Hallucigenia was such an odd animal that palaeontologists reconstructed it upside-down when they first analysed its fossils - ...

Scientists have discovered a tropical “dynamite tree” that explosively launches seeds at 150 mph. The mechanism uses physics, ...

Earth’s first sponges may have been ghostly, soft-bodied pioneers—ancient animals that evolved long before their skeletons ...

Forensic audit using advanced AI reveals the objective logic of the soul, offering a user manual for consciousness ...

Scientists hope understanding coyote widowhood will someday help humans in their own grief. A pair of coyotes (Canis latrans) in Griffith Park, Los Angeles. Unlike most other animals, coyotes have ...

Almost 13,000 years ago, North America underwent drastic changes at a rapid rate. Mammoths, mastodons, giant ground sloths, ...

Stone Age arrowheads found in South Africa showcase the knowledge and strategy of prehistoric hunter-gatherers, according to a new study.

DNA analysis has revealed a hidden porcupine species in Colombia, mistaken for over a century. The discovery shows how even ...