Animals able to change behaviors but slow to evolve might fare better than previously thought amid climate change.

Winter is upon the North Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma region and the conditions of this season present challenges to our region’s wild animals. Cold temperatures (sometimes extremely cold), ...

The transition from water to land is a question that still intrigues scientists. Those ancient organisms would have needed to ...

Andrew Hess, Ph.D., earned his doctorate in interdepartmental genetics (animal breeding and genetics, with a statistics minor) from Iowa State University in 2016. He is an assistant professor of ...

Spanish neuroscientist Félix Viana will coordinate an international project to study the molecular basis of cold perception funded by The Human Frontier Science Program. With a multidisciplinary ...

Relatives of the llama are dropping dung as they venture into higher elevations in the Andes Mountains, providing a nutrient-rich environment for life to thrive despite glacier loss. Climate change is ...

Evolution difference, animal adaptation, and climate influence are major factors that explain why animals from the Northern and Southern Hemispheres look, behave, and survive differently. Each ...

Losing a tail might seem like a disaster – but in the animal kingdom, it can be a lifesaving move. In this video, we explore what really happens after an animal loses its tail, from lizards and ...

Witness how animals adapt to a changing world in NATURE’s 44th season, starting Wednesday, October 22 on PBS. “With every story this season, we hope viewers rediscover the awe of the natural world and ...

"Our results clearly demonstrate that mammals are responding to the urban environment by changing their behavior. Much less clear is what these changes mean in terms of urban mammalian diversity, ...

Black jaguars, like the cub on the left, have a mutation that causes them to produce more of the pigment melanin than spotted jaguars do. Daniel Karmann / dpa / Corbis Shortly after he completed his ...