The spade-toothed whale, Mesoplodon traversi, is the world's rarest whale. Since 1872, only seven specimens have been found, ...

New Zealand scientists on Monday began dissecting a whale considered the rarest in the world, a species so elusive that only ...

Beyond their sled-pulling capabilities and discrimination against those with red noses, what do you really know about ...

RIYADH: The Persian onager, an endangered wild ass species, has been reintroduced to Saudi Arabia by the Prince Mohammed bin ...

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais-led research at the Belo Horizonte Zoo in Minas Gerais, Brazil, has detected SARS-CoV-2 ...

There's been more acceptance of cognitive ethology in the past 20 years among those interested in animal minds, including ...

This variability may be part of a bet-hedging strategy, where populations express a range of phenotypes to ensure survival in unpredictable environments. In addition phenotypic variability between ...

Biology textbooks may need a revision, say scientists, who present new evidence that an arm-like structure of mammalian brain cells may be a different shape than scientists have assumed for more than ...

Researchers have identified a new species of ancient humans, which they have named Homo juluensis, meaning "big head," based ...

It feels like sacrilege to start with a "Happy Monday," Watchers. It's getting darker earlier, it's cold (if you live in the ...

We know that Darwinian evolution acts on all forms of life, but does evolution act on non-living materials as well?

In a stunning revelation, researchers have uncovered a new human species that is set to revolutionize our understanding of ...