A new study examines cancer prevalence across hundreds of vertebrate species. Every multicellular creature, whether soaring ...

New research into how a retrovirus is spreading across populations of wild koalas in Queensland, Australia is leading to a ...

Penn State researchers propose that Earth and life have evolved together in a way that is more typical of life-supporting ...

The study shows that UV colors are widespread in snakes, and may play a significant role in evading predators such as birds.

One-horned rhinoceroses are the subject of a new study of the differences in appearance, behavior, and evolutionary history ...

The Humane Society of the United States recently re-branded itself as Humane World for Animals. Discover the reasons for the change and more.

For decades, scientists have believed that meat-eating drove human evolution, particularly our enlarged brains.

Researchers studied two fly species to understand insect behavior and the impact of rising global temperatures on wildlife.

The research team has found that a koala population in Australia has evolved a distinctive genomic immunity to a retrovirus.

After consultation with his colleague Robert Morley, he realises with amazement that, unlike the dinosaurs, the relatives of ...

The new research is the first to look back at early mammals in full color. Using advanced fossil imaging methods and a ...

Mice are still incapable of writing the complete works of Shakespeare, despite some being given a human "language gene".