On a damp, mist-laced slope of the eastern Andes, a small creature with reddish-brown fur and a black facial mask peeked from the edge of a pitfall trap. It was August 16, 2018, and biologist Silvia ...

But HPAI is also a serious threat to certain types of wild birds, despite their having a long history of exposure to bird flu. Scientists believe that most other wildlife is catching the disease after ...

At 11 feet (3.4m) tall and nearly 27 feet (8.2m) long, Cooper’s pointy-backed herbivore – affectionately known as Apex – is the largest and most intact stegosaurus fossil ever unearthed. In July 2024, ...

Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park deserves special mention for its rehabilitation work with injured manatees and its famous resident, Lu the hippopotamus, who was grandfathered in ...

As human-driven climate change makes winters shorter, the time ticks spend active is increasing, making tracking them all the more important.

When researchers were conducting a field survey in Papikonda National Park in India in 2024, they noticed a small mammal sitting on the bank of the Godavari River. The animal was resting as the water ...

Until Homo floresiensis was discovered, scientists assumed that the evolution of the human lineage was defined by bigger and bigger brains. Via a process called encephalization, human brains evolved ...

Bats are flying mammals you might spot and — rarely — hear at nighttime. Here are three common bat sounds — and what they mean.

Both aircraft crashed and caught fire at the Fort Morgan Municipal Airport. One person was killed and three others were injured after two small planes collided while attempting to land at a Colorado ...

Massachusetts has 14 snakes species, but what is the biggest? Not only is it long, but it can climb sheer cliffs.