Long after an animal’s soft tissues have vanished, its skull still carries a blueprint of how it sensed the world. For ...

Albuquerque museum curator helps identify Speleotherium logani, a previously unknown muskox relative that roamed the region ...

A new computational model suggests that Uranus' and Neptune's cores may be less icy than their "ice giant" nickname suggests.

D uring the Last Glacial Maximum, the materials you chose to build your house out of could make the difference between life ...

Scientists have uncovered ancient wolf remains on a small Baltic island where wolves could only have been brought by humans.

A biologist explains the surprising evolutionary math behind how the blue whale became the largest animal that has ever lived ...

Festive favorites of the holiday season, reindeer possess remarkable genomic adaptations that allow them to thrive in the ...

New data shows Ice Age hunters used Mezhyrich’s mammoth-bone shelters briefly, highlighting adaptations in a volatile, frigid ...

Seals are semi-aquatic marine mammals. They’re also known as pinnipeds, which means ‘fin-footed’, referring to the large flippers they have for arms and legs. Combined with their streamlined, ...

Arctic researchers document “rare” and mysterious behaviour for the first time – and it’s crucial to this predator’s survival ...

Male bottlenose dolphins with strong friendships age more slowly compared to their more solitary peers, according to a new ...

The skull used to determine that Logan's austral scrubox was a new species was found in Muskox Cave in Carlsbad Caverns ...