In an uplifting bit of news, a southern elephant seal surprised residents in the Cape Town, South Africa, neighborhood of ...

Seals belong to a large clade of semi-aquatic animals called Pinnipeds. This clade also includes sea lions and walruses. However, they are all referred to as seals. There are over 30 species of ...

Many people consider penguins to be among their favorite creatures on the planet. There’s something special about seeing a ...

The birds amassed fans, as legions of devotees follow along on webcams each spring as falcons progress from hatching to ...

The cave’s name, Natural Trap, is literal: Over the past 150,000 years, countless animals have fallen into it. When approached from the relatively flat plain to the east, the pit appears ...

Because of its geographic isolation, Madagascar is home to many amazing animals found nowhere else on Earth. Lemurs may have floated there eons ago on “rafts” of vegetation and evolved in ...

May 28, 2025 — Researchers find high-fat diets set off metabolic dysfunction in cells, leading to weight gain, but these effects can be reversed by treatment with ... Researchers Engineer a ...

May 27, 2025 — Scientists have discovered cells in the skin of Atlantic salmon that offer new insights into how wounds heal, tissues regenerate, and cellular transitions support long-term skin ...

Animal biotechnology is a branch of biotechnology in which molecular biology techniques are used to genetically engineer (i.e. modify the genome of) animals in order to improve their suitability ...

Seeing this living tank reminded me of the fear animals experience when they stumble upon a bear. Fortunately, when I backed away, so did it. I was lucky, but it often made me wonder: what does a bear ...

Nuisance alligators (gators classified as a threat to humans or animals and over four feet long) can be called in to the proper authorities, but intervening isn’t recommended. Alligators in North ...