In two new studies supported by FAPESP, researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, have shed light ...

Hippos are dangerous — highly territorial and fiercely protective of their young. They are capable of capsizing boats and ...

In the wild, herbivores are often seen as the peaceful grazers of the animal kingdom—gentle giants simply trying to surv ...

Wildlife photography is all about patience, timing, and a deep love for nature. Every month, The Artist Gallery holds photo ...

Scholars and schoolchildren alike have generally classified animals by the foods they eat: carnivores eat meat; browsers ...

An international team of scientists has discovered the first Neanderthal footprints on the southwestern coast of Portugal, at ...

We won the dinosaur lottery,” says curator James Hagadorn, who helped ID the 67.5-million-year-old bit of bone.

Native to Africa, where they live in tropical forests, marshes, mountains, and upland habitats, gorillas are powerful primates that are closely related to humans. Gorillas are the largest extant ...

Ambitious projects aim to put dire wolves, woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons back into our ecosystems. But with so many ...

Romeo and Zooliet is an enchanting theatrical event. The ingenious Jennifer Joan Thompson’s clever script and Michael Curry’s ...

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

Every time Ricki Franklin steps into character as Juliet for the upcoming Saint Louis Zoo and St. Louis Shakespeare Festival collaborative presentation of “Romeo and Zooliet,” she feels an ...