Tag: animals

The illegal wildlife trade is once again in the spotlight after a major international crackdown that saved thousands of at-risk ...

Whether you’re talking about sharks, crocodiles, lions, or even velociraptors, some of the most fearsome traits of these predators involve ...

CHICAGO -- Charlie Jacobsma slapped the surface of a pool enclosure at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium and scanned the water for ...

Illustration of two sparring megalodonsClarence “Shoe” Schumaker, Courtesy of the Calvert Marine Museum Several fossil teeth from the giant predatory ...

We process our world differently when we’re stressed out, and so, too, do mice. According to a new paper in ...

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize ...

Humpback whales in the South PacificTony Wu/Nature Picture Library/Alamy Humpback whale songs have statistical patterns in their structure that are ...

Earthquakes, tornadoes, air strikes — all around the world, countless lives are lost not just to the direct impacts of ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7iJCQDgPCY Koalas are usually regarded as solitary animals, but new footage is revealing a more gregarious side. Darcy Watchorn at Deakin ...

The ancestors of modern waterfowl weren’t all that odd. Diving for fish and other prey in the waters of Antarctica, ...