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 ...

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

Before giant waves slammed into Sri Lanka and India coastlines ten days ago, wild and domestic animals seemed to know what was about to happen and fled to safety. According to eyewitness accounts ...

This recently discovered species, Kumimanu fordycei, weighed 154 kilograms and is thought to have been taller than any ...

This 350-pound penguin from 57 million years ago could outswim sharks, outweigh Shaq, and change everything we thought we ...

The Gs/Gd lineage of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza viruses—including H5N1—has rapidly evolved, spreading globally and ...

From Nipah outbreaks in Southeast Asia to Monkey Fever in Western Ghats, the destruction of forests is accelerating the rise ...

Discover interesting facts about insects, the critters whose combined weight on the planet is 70 times that of all humans.

Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) belong to the penguin family Spheniscidae. They also go by the name brush-tailed ...

Operating under the allocated callsign VP0SG, this ambitious activation will target one of the rarest and most logistically ...

Eco anxiety is very real, so we share this year's most uplifting stories to prove there’s hope for our climate.View on ...

However, Hajek said, the high number of ostriches that died in the December outbreak — 69 out of 450 birds — shows that the ...