Scientists have successfully extracted the DNA of ancient mummified cheetahs discovered in a cave in Saudi Arabia. This is ...

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Research has shown that conservation campaigns could turn the tide on the illegal ivory trade if they focused less on themes ...

Sage grouse rely on one of the most visually striking courtship displays in the animal world. Males inflate large chest sacs, producing sounds and movements designed to attract selective females.

A rapid climate collapse during the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction devastated ocean life and reshuffled Earth’s ecosystems.

A giant functional atlas of immune cells in a Chinese cohort reveals crucial differences with European and Japanese data sets ...

Domestic pigeons have surprising cultural significance. They inspired Charles Darwin in his thinking about evolution, ...

New research suggests that long-term exposure to very low concentrations of chlorpyrifos, a widely used insecticide, can ...

TierZoo approaches the natural world as if it were a competitive game with rules, stats, and evolving strategies. Animals are analyzed based on survivability, adaptability, and long-term performance ...

Levels of molybdenum in soil show that hydrogen sulfide gas wiped out nearly half of all marine life 530 million years ago.

The Asian swamp eel is an air-breathing, mud-loving predator spreading throughout the United States. These slithering threats are hard to detect and built to survive conditions that affect native fish ...

Research has shown that conservation campaigns could turn the tide on the illegal ivory trade if they focused less on themes of 'guilt' and more on ...