Giraffe is one of the tallest animals in the world, which also means their blood has to circulate a lot of area through long legs. To clear it up, the distance between a giraffe’s heart and feet is ...

From climbing trees to ripping prey, from scuttling up tree trunks to using feet as hands, evolutionary engineering is at ...

There are many reasons why researchers are concerned about endangered species. After all, these species went extinct in just ...

North American beavers (Castor canadensis) are the largest rodent species in the United States and the second largest in the ...

An “amphibious mouse” with partially webbed feet that eats aquatic insects was among 27 new species discovered during a 2022 ...

In the summer of 2022, researchers trudged into the jungles of the Alto Mayo region of Peru in search of undiscovered ...

Imagine going on a Peru expedition and uncovering more than two dozen new species? That's exactly what happened in this case.

the natural world is full of fascinating and awe-inspiring battles between animal species. Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Image by FrankFF via Depositphotos ...

SCIENTISTS believe they have discovered an ancient form of crocodile that used to run on two legs after analysing fossilised footprints. The findings from the tracks of almost one hundred ...

WVU Medicine’s Healing Hounds presented a $10,000 check to Animal Friends of North Central West Virginia to support the new 6,700 square foot animal shelter planned for construction in Morgantown.

But there is a bright spot in all the gloom and doom: scientists continue to discover new species of animals and plants. While 2024 brought many new species (and some rediscovered ones!) into the ...

LIMA, Peru — An "amphibious mouse" with partially webbed feet that eats ... about the forests, animals and plants they live side-by-side with," Larsen said. Among the new species, Larsen ...