Hundreds of seal pups have been discovered dead on Heard Island in the sub-Antarctic, with…
New research indicates that dinosaur populations in North America were thriving just before…
Doctors in New Zealand had to remove part of a 13-year-old boy’s intestine after he…
Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the…
Researchers have unearthed a spooky pair of dinosaur mummies that appear to have been…
The critically endangered North Atlantic right whale is on the right track.
After teetering on the brink of extinction for over a century, this giant marine mammal (Eubalaena glacialis) is finally showing signs of a slow recovery.
Researchers…
For more than 60 million years, venomous snakes have slithered across Earth.
These ancient, chemical weapon-wielding reptiles owe their evolutionary success in part to the effectiveness of their bite, which they deliver at an astonishing speed…
Rising seas threaten millions of lives and livelihoods in coastal regions, along with untold swaths of vital infrastructure. A new study clarifies, for the first time, the overall danger rising sea levels pose to built environments in the…
What kind of animal had horse-like hooves, a duck bill, and miniature scales all over its body? The answer isn’t some fictional creature with different parts stitched together like Frankenstein’s monster, but is instead Edmontosaurus annectens,…
