Brigitte Bardot has died at the age of 91. The French icon was known for her animal rights activism in addition to her time ...

SpokAnimal has announced a temporary closure to the public until further notice. The nonprofit's executive director, Dori ...

The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading ...

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka continues to grapple with the human toll of Cyclone Ditwah, which triggered devastating floods and ...

'Crisis is unacceptable': Republicans break ranks on health care vote Science history: Dian Fossey found murdered, after ...

The Earth has innumerable creatures in the jungles, oceans, skies, and under the mud, some of them might even yet be unknown ...

From leopards hidden in luggage to over a hundred snakes stashed in a man’s pants, there are some absolutely wild stories of people smuggling animals. Animal smuggling is no joke: It ignores the ...

Forgotten on Amsterdam Island in the late 19th century, a herd of cows survived for over 130 years without human intervention ...

Some animals carry names that give entirely the wrong impression of what they actually are. Scientists point out that many of these names come from early explorers who misunderstood the animals they ...

A new study shows scientists are discovering new species faster than ever, revealing Earth still holds vast unknown ...

A new glass sponge species is so strange that has been given the name named Advhena magnifica, which means "magnificent alien ...

One that caught attention from many was a type of sea mollusk that washed ashore on South Padre Island in late May.