The roughly two- to four-pound predator lived alongside dinosaurs some 165 million years ago. A fossil found in northern ...

A gorgeous new fossil of an early mammal relative is giving scientists an astonishing insight into how our own ancient ...

We can possibly gain insight into what it’s like to be another species by gauging the temporal properties of that species’ ...

In the natural world -- where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity -- animal behavior is glorious in its variety. Now, new research suggests there may be an ...

A beautifully preserved fossil from Mongolia’s Gobi Desert has solved a mystery that puzzled paleontologists for nearly 40 years. Tamirkhan balcarceli shows that zhelestids were not early relatives of ...

Learn more about this otter-like animal that was likely a top mammal predator during the Jurassic Period.

In the natural world—where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity—animal behavior is glorious in its variety. Now, new research suggests there may be an underlying ...

This report details marine mammal stranding rates, trends, and activities in the United States for 2024. In 2024, there were 8,028 confirmed marine mammal strandings in the United States. NOAA ...

A new study provides compelling evidence that animal care and management practices at zoos and aquariums have significantly improved over time. The study, led by Species360 and University of Southern ...

Nevada holds vast stretches of habitat that scientists have only begun to catalog in detail. A University of Nevada, Reno ...