Last summer, the Vancouver Aquarium started offering sea otter encounters, and the Straight had the chance to see what it was like to interact a little more closely with the aquarium’s fluffiest ...

History is embedded in cloth; textiles tell stories. This comprehensive study of Irish textiles found in bogs, burials, ...

Marine biologists at the University of California Santa Cruz have tagged thousands of northern elephant seals with smart ...

Baby animals have an adorable, unique way of capturing our hearts. From a litter of newborn puppies to the baby king crab who ...

THERE ARE FEW things I enjoy more than digging potatoes in the snow. I know, I should have dug them sooner but it’s just another example of my fishing problem that left many fall chores undone. And ...

Sweet-faced and inquisitive, northern Minnesota’s pine martens (also known as American martens) rank among the state’s more ...

A kayaker thought he was dead after being briefly swallowed by a humpback whale. His father caught the biblical moment on ...

From amphibians to reptiles to all the creatures living under the sea, Kelly Geck takes care of them all at the Cook Museum of Natural Science, and the Ohio native said she finds the ecosystem in ...

How do crocs propel their massive bodies straight up into the air? Find out how coordinated crocodiles defy gravity with their vertical jump.

The discovery offers new insights into the cultural and mortuary practices of prehistoric Poland. It also forms part of a larger story about violence during a period of mass migration across Europe.

Two rare black wolves have been spotted on camera crossing a stream in a Polish forest. The unusual sighting, which was captured on a video camera last year, was made ...