The emperor was inquisitive about what wild creatures eat, and would order the cutting open of pythons, cobras, birds etc to ...

Highland deer mice and their lowland cousins ventured on a simulated seven-week ascent to 6,000 meters. By tracking how the mice responded to cold stress and progressively lower oxygen levels, the ...

Teams of mountaineering mice are helping advance understanding into how evolutionary adaptation to localized conditions can enable a single species to thrive across diverse environments.

The Bird Alliance of Oregon posted a photo of the charming snow-white creature on its Instagram account, along with an update on its health and as-yet-to-be-determined future.

The bone, described two decades after its discovery, suggests the species might have grown up to 20 percent bigger than other ...

This review discussed experimental mouse models used in the pre-clinical study of liver fibrosis regression, a pivotal ...

Planting an oak tree, if you have the room, provides acorns and leaves that feed and provide cover for millions of organisms and species while also sequestering carbon.

Although only 5 inches from head to butt, it sports an impressive tail of about 6 inches—longer than the rest of its body ...

Here, a woman shows off the minuscule form of a baby pygmy possum she just rescued from a public bathroom in South Australia. The wee thing is barely the size of her thumbnail. Full grown, a pygmy ...

Zoe Jewell was working in Zimbabwe in the 1990s when a harsh reality dawned on her. The female black rhinos (Diceros bicornis ...