Ohio’s white-tailed deer might seem like an obvious state symbol, but that familiarity is exactly why it works. Few animals ...

Despite being mammals, these remarkably cancer-resistant animals share a lot in common with cold-blooded species.

Astronomers spotted nine galaxies with characteristics that have never been seen as a collection before. It's possible this ...

After combing through NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's archive of sweeping extragalactic cosmic fields, a small team of ...

Long after an animal’s soft tissues have vanished, its skull still carries a blueprint of how it sensed the world. For extinct mammals, those bony clues now show that noses were not just prominent ...

A deer that was hunted in B.C.'s Kootenay region has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, bringing the total number ...

Experts and novices alike hunt for specimens that could change our understanding of evolution – and all only a short day trip from Melbourne ...

At first glance, an anteater looks like a creature imagined by someone mixing parts from different animals. It has a long, ...

In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing one of the largest marine oil spills ever. In the aftermath of the disaster, whale scientist Iain Kerr traveled to the ...

Not all mammals are created equal. Though all wonderful creatures, some are more suited to human companionship than others.

Filmmaker Bertie Gregory's new documentary special captures the extreme challenges facing the world's fastest land animal.

In the Himalayan forests, the satyr tragopan performs one of the bird world’s most dramatic courtship displays.