Ancient RNA from Yuka, a 40,000-year-old woolly mammoth preserved in permafrost, can offer new biological insights into the Ice Age animal’s life.

Two Australopithecus fossils named Lucy and Selam made a rare trip out of Ethiopia for a 60-day display at the National ...

Archaeotherium, or North American "hell pigs," had different feeding strategies depending on their size, according to ...

In a recent study, Dr. Weronika Tomczyk and her colleagues conducted a zooarchaeological and isotopic study of ancient Andean ...

As if the surface in the Arctic seas isn’t cold enough for narwhals, radiotelemetry studies have revealed that narwhals commonly dive to ocean depths of more than 800 feet. Aside from the sheer fun of ...

A new study finds that the wide range of domestic dog shapes and physical attributes we're familiar with today first started appearing thousands of years ago.

The staggering array of modern dog breeds is typically traced to the Victorian era. But half of all canine variation was in ...

The latest discovery is that elements of their vocals function in a way that’s fascinatingly similar to human vowels, making ...

The recent escape of several research monkeys after the truck carrying them overturned on a Mississippi interstate is the latest glimpse into the secretive industry of animal research and the ...

One Tennessee woman has migrated more than 700 miles to advocate for the welfare of Collier County animals as the new CEO of Patty Baker Humane Society Naples. On Oct. 6, the Patty Baker Humane ...