Unlike bears, groundhogs are true hibernators. During hibernation, they don’t eat and rely on the fat stores they have built ...

Researchers at Washington State University and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are using collar cams to study a remote population of grizzly bears on Alaska's North Slope. Twelve ...

There were only 10 reported cases of Guinea worm infections confined to three countries in 2025, a historic low announced ...

When some Gilded Age gentleman hunters organized a New York event to compare their dogs, could they have imagined that people would someday call it the World Series of dogdom or ...

Many spine-bearing creatures, or vertebrates, have a curious bit of tissue deep in their brains called the pineal gland. It ...

It’s a phenomenon that was called the Homogenocene even before a similar term growing in popularity, the Anthropocene, was ...

Some species are at their most active in winter, whether they’re flying, feeding, or mating. From elephant seals in ...

Researchers believe they may have worked out why giant trevally swim upstream in the Mtentu Estuary and circle in vast ...

The outbreak of the fatal Nipah virus in West Bengal, India has triggered concerns among the public but the Department of ...

World number two Iga Swiatek joined a growing chorus of players demanding more privacy off the courts at the Australian Open after cameras captured Coco Gauff in a post-match meltdown that the ...

Ancient fossils reveal the oldest known vertebrates had four eyes. Remarkably preserved fossil specimens show they could see ...

There are few things more joyful, if occasionally nerve-wracking, than having a pet in your home. And plenty of people agree.