By studying the natural world, scientists find blueprints for innovations that can improve human lives—in the genes of a ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

A team of researchers has identified an Ice Age relative of the muskox from fossils uncovered in Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The new species, named Speleotherium logani, was identified in a paper ...

An ancient lake that thrived during the last Ice Age has reemerged in California's Death Valley National Park, after a record spell of rainfall hit the area, the National Park Service said. Informally ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Friday agents arrested an illegal immigrant from Azerbaijan, who has multiple convictions for crimes, including cruelty to animals. Rafael ...