A federally funded analysis led by Brown University biologists found that different species of large herbivores have diets that are more diverse and complex than previously known.

A 259-million-year-old fossil skull of Yinshanosaurus angustus has been found, filling a key evolutionary gap in ...

Meet Sphenodraco scandentis, a tree-dwelling, lizard-like reptile that roamed around with the dinosaurs during the Late ...

The gull-sized pterosaur was found at the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona along with hundreds of other fossils ...

The Cambrian Explosion is a landmark moment in the history of life on Earth when many of the major groups of animals first ...

Both of these factors will influence the methods of communication available to them. Chimpanzees ( Pan troglodyte s) live in the tropical rainforests of central Africa. However, they can also be found ...

Arrival by air of Manhattan's first baby giant panda last week was occasion for a greeting such as transatlantic fliers once got. But three days earlier, Chicago's Daily News published an ...

As I argue in my new open-access book, the growing scarcity of animal species should make us grasp our responsibility towards the welfare of all animal species on the planet, not just those in farms.

Cryopreserving plants, animals to support endangered species around the globe The CryoBioBank at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden stores nearly 300 species of plants and about 90 species of ...

The Amur leopard is already a rare species found in Russia, so it’s not great that it’s found on the endangered species list, with fewer than 100 in existence.

A new study led by an Oregon State University researcher has revealed that more than 3,500 animal species are threatened by climate change.

In the animal kingdom, survival often depends on innate instincts - behaviors coded into DNA that require little to no learning. However, some species stand apart, requiring extended learning periods ...