Johns Hopkins University geneticists and a small army of researchers across the country, including students, are working to ...

The oldest fossilized remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that ...

Mosquitoes carry DNA from dozens of animals, creating tiny “libraries” of wildlife. Researchers show these insects could ...

According to new research recently published in the journal Nature Communications, the Greenland shark retained its visual ...

Learn how extreme longevity and deep-sea adaptations allow Greenland sharks to preserve vision for centuries.

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, a physiologist at the University of California, Irvine, wanted to take a closer look at the ...

Researchers studying Caribbean whales and orcas have discovered two new viruses not previously observed in these animals. The ...

While Mother Nature continues to amaze us every day, some wildlife surprises can go from fascinating to straight-up ...