In the absence of great white sharks, copper sharks ( Carcharhinus brachyurus) are moving in to fill the vacant ecological ...

For years, great white sharks were the undisputed apex predators along parts of South Africa’s coast, gathering in dense ...

Tourists in the accompanying footage tried to remain calm recently when a large leopard strolled over to rest in the shade of ...

What's the value of one animal? When a wild animal is found badly injured, the most humane option is often euthanasia to ...

A Nile crocodile measuring an astonishing 21 feet has been recorded as the largest ever. Researchers in Africa are amazed by this record-breaking apex predator.

A large fish-eating dinosaur died beside a river 125 million years ago in Cretaceous Thailand. Now, the remains of this ...

A new spider species from among the harsh dry lands of southern Morocco has amazed the scientific world with its face, a ...

Learn why sardines vanished, leaving tens of thousands of African penguins starving during their annual moult along South Africa’s coast.

The animals at the Dallas and Fort Worth zoos are more than cute — they’re built for survival in surprising ways. From ...

However, according to research published in Ecology and Evolution journal last month, lions actually have a second roar that ...

As 2025 wraps up, The Associated Press has curated a list of memorable stories and enjoyable reads published this year. You ...

Mosasaurs were enormous reptiles best known for ruling ancient oceans more than 66 million years ago, but new evidence suggests some also lived in rivers. Scientists reached this conclusion after ...