An elusive nocturnal beast of a rodent that lives high in the mountains has been filmed and photographed for the first time, in a remarkable discovery for animal science and something akin to winning ...

Our planet is brimming with life, and the diversity of animal species on Earth is staggering. Over 2.1 million animal species ...

Animals with ultraviolet color patterns can be found all over nature. Here’s what we know about what purpose these patterns ...

There are creatures here on Earth that may give us clues about how to communicate with extraterrestrial intelligence — ...

Common bedbugs experienced a dramatic jump in population size about 13,000 years ago, around the time humans congregated in the first cities.

Western diamondback rattlesnakes are a large species of pit viper that can grow to 2.1 meters (about 7 feet) long, though ...

If there is a species that we might be able to engage with in some kind of two-way communication, these guys are really good ...

T here’s a pretty big variety in the bird world. From tiny wrens and goldfinches to flightless species like ostriches and ...

Researchers are investigating the mechanisms and identifying new areas of the brain that can benefit patients when stimulated ...

After a brief rain in part of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana 350 million years ago, a reptile pressed its small claws ...

Scientists in Australia have identified the earliest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone extracted from the Snowy Plains Formation near Melbourne.

It has been 75 years since the founding of LNDC Animal Protection, whose name evolved to this about ten years ago (from Lega ...