With wildlife populations globally 73% smaller on average than in 1970 and large mammals missing from much of the world, ...

Male hippos can weigh up to 9,920 pounds while females weigh around 3,000 pounds, according to PBS." The animal's scientific ...

After years of a shortened crab fishing season aimed at preventing whale entanglements off the West Coast, California ...

Two more kinds of ticks can cause red meat allergies than previously thought. See the new species, learn where all 3 live, how to handle bites.

Fatty acids have long been associated with helping to shed, but the scientific evidence doesn’t support it. They can, however ...

David Farmer had been hunting vocalizations for the multitudinous “Moria orcs” in the first “Lord of The Rings” movie and “needed something new and cool.” Sightseeing with his wife, Farmer was not ...

There are many critters designated by law to symbolize North Carolina. For example, we have an official state bird (red cardinal); reptile (Eastern box turtle); horse (Colonial Spanish mustang); mollu ...

The sea mammals may actually be able to sense the amount of oxygen in their blood—something we humans can't do. A new study suggests gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) can sense the level of oxygen ...

At first glance, it looked like a genetic error — so severe it should have crippled the animal. But instead, it helped turn ...

New research shows how small shifts in the molecular makeup of a virus can profoundly alter its fate. These shifts could turn a deadly pathogen into a harmless bug or supercharge a relatively benign ...

In South America, the virus occasionally spilled over to sicken small numbers of humans and mammals. However, in 2023, WEEV caused the first major human outbreak in four decades in South America, ...