Not all mammals are created equal. Though all wonderful creatures, some are more suited to human companionship than others.

The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to ...

When tourists venture into nature, their thoughts are often focused on the animals they'll get to see. But animals may also ...

When Homo sapiens appeared some 300,000 years ago, at least six other human species already shared the planet. Here, in the studio of paleoartist John Gurche, are model representations of those ...

Humpback whale song is a striking example of a complex, culturally transmitted behavior, but up to now, there was little ...

For the first time, scientists have been able to produce kangaroo embryos through in-vitro fertilization (IVF), an important ...

The skull fragments, teeth, jaws and other remains unearthed at different sites across the country are clearly remnants of archaic hominins — the formal name for species in the human lineage ...