The problem these teams are helping solve is urgent. Scientists enlist surprising helpers in effort to protect rare animals: ...

Skunks and bats make up the largest percentage of rabies cases in Texas. Comal County has the most positives cases in Texas.

The tool we've identified is called a Quina scraper. This type of stone tool is well known from archaeological sites in ...

Protecting animals against environmental changes, poachers, and other dangers is vital yet challenging work. And in recent ...

Humans are having a highly detrimental impact on biodiversity worldwide. Not only is the number of species declining, but the ...

Environmental stress in evolution can be reframed as a powerful engine of innovation, not simply a barrier to survival.

Or so the theory went. Now, though, scientists have hard evidence showing that, just like us, animals can learn from each other and thus maintain their cultures for long periods of time. Groups of ...

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CWD spreads between animals through contact with saliva ... more than 2,500 submitted samples have yielded 47 additional confirmed positives. After initial testing near areas of the first CWD ...

She collects samples of lichen and moss and places them ... Natural History Museum of Denmark catalog tiny, water-dwelling animals known as tardigrades, or water bears, and their microhabitats.

Researchers collecting fossils deep inside Kentucky's Mammoth Cave have uncovered the remains of a never-before-seen species — an absolutely tiny ancient shark with nail-like teeth.

Here are eight animals species that probably live longer than human beings. Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. An elephant’s resting heart rate is typically between 25 and 35 beats per ...