High atop South America’s Llullaillaco volcano, this mouse has been recorded at altitudes above 6,700 meters (22,000 feet). With little oxygen and no vegetation in sight, its survival defies ...

Some of the animals that can be found in the Atlantic are strange in the way they look, act, or just how they're able to survive in the depths or the climates in which they live. Here are some ...

Colossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species.

The snow petrel, a strikingly white bird with black eyes and a black bill, is one of only three bird species ever observed at the South Pole. In fact, the Antarctic is the only place on Earth where ...

You may have read that the deep sea is a very different environment from the land and shallow water. There is no light, it is ...

Animals Mollusks Squids Watch extremely rare footage of a bigfin squid 'walking' on long, spindly arms deep in the South Pacific News By Sascha Pare published 26 September 2024 ...

A new study used modern methods to reassess a foundational study in biology that explained how ecologically similar species of wood warblers coexist. The research team examined foraging behavior ...

CAPE TOWN — South Africa’s False Bay was once known as a global hotspot for great white sharks. But within the span of a few years, between 2015 and 2019, this apex predator vanished from the ...