ANIMALS

They found 60 million icefish nests. Scientists onboard an icebreaker in Antarctica were blown away when they spied a trove...

And how does mama clean it when it gets dirty? Although many marsupials raise their young in pouches — including...

Fluorescent homes may help wayward insects find their way in the dim twilight Beam a black light into some Vietnamese...

The semiaquatic whale walked on land and swam in water. A semiaquatic whale that lived 43 million years ago was...

Thapunngaka shawi was Australia's biggest known pterosaur. About 110 million years ago in what is now Australia, a flying "dragon"...

It's all in their biology. On the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic, there lives a creature that...

A preserved tusk revealed how far the animal ranged during its 28-year lifetime. A mammoth that lived in Alaska about...

Meet the sheepshead fish, a common Atlantic coast swimmer with a very crunchy diet. Last week (Aug 3), anglers at...

A new study is a take on the adage, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” When parasitic wasps...

A genetic analysis hints that the critters lack the right light-sensing proteins to see color Next time you’re looking at...

The book grapples with the ethical dilemmas of saving Earth’s animals On the Arctic Ocean’s fringe, polar bears stand on...

Shadowy areas are a heat-absorbing liability, but losing them may mess with the insects’ mating Many dragonflies zip through the...

A withered old male hornet shows that repeat invasions are the not-so-new normal Fingers crossed for finding nothing: July marks...

The smallest mammal in the ocean doesn’t rely on blubber or a large body to keep toasty Sea otters’ secret...

Sparse, spindly scales and a waxy membrane coating are behind the insect’s transparency. Most butterflies sport colorful, eye-catching patterns on...

Her nickname is "Fernanda." A giant tortoise in the Galápagos Islands that was thought to have gone extinct over a...

A colony of wild African green monkeys living near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport finally gets an origin story. Much-beloved...

A single-celled creature known as a dinoflagellate may have one of the weirdest genomes on Earth, The Scientist reported. Life...

The baby whale was alone and hundreds of miles from home. An injured baby minke whale stranded in the River...

This is the first time a new octopus has been described using completely non-invasive imaging. A new species of Dumbo...