Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory.

Some animals are so rare, they only exist in a single U.S. state and nowhere else in the world! From isolated islands to remote mountain ranges, these five creatures have found their perfect habitat.

A small population of California burrowing owls is getting a helping hand when it comes to romance—from a team of devoted ...

Researchers at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the ...

"Most of the species are plants," said Jesse Leddick, assistant director of Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program in ...

An Indiana man is facing criminal charges after a video showing a dog in distress on the back of a speeding trailer went viral earlier this week.

The first human case of bird flu in Ohio was reported in a farm worker from Mercer County. There have been 68 human cases of bird flu in 11 states since January 1, 2024, including one death in ...

The Semipalatinsk Test Site, also called the Polygon, is lesser known but was used by the Soviet Union to test nuclear ...

A Florida state senator has filed a bill to make the newly official name "Gulf of America" consistent throughout state statutes.

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Crocodiles, monkeys, tigers, zebras and dozens of other taxidermy animals will move to new homes after concerns about arsenic exposure forced the closure of the South Dakota museum where they had been ...