This year’s Conference of the Parties, the annual United Nations meeting meant to avert catastrophic climate change, was ...

A new study has found that the snouts of urban raccoons are getting smaller indicating they may be domesticating the same way ...

Adopting a pet is one of the most fulfilling choices a person can make, but is it always a joyous task for those who witness adoptions each and every day? Behind the scenes, animal shelter staff see a ...

In the depths of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, a team of divers has uncovered extraordinary fossil remains from two ...

Scientists have discovered why males get dental disease more frequently and with greater severity than females, pinpointing ...

Looking for some heartwarming canine shelter success stories? These 15 dogs will have your heart bursting with joy when you hear their incredible tales.

This spider may look like it's suffering an exorcism, but this spider is actually swapping out its exoskeleton.

Light pollution can have detrimental impacts on migratory birds. Here's what you can do to help reduce light pollution.

In a disturbing case of cruelty out of LaPorte County, Indiana, two beloved family dogs—a chocolate Labrador retriever and a ...

The biologists determined that city-dwelling North American raccoons (Procyon lotor) have snouts that are 3.5% shorter than ...

Animals that disappeared from some rivers because of pollution, dams and overharvesting are getting a new lease on life that ...

For something so admired, so synonymous with merit, the concept of intelligence is remarkably poorly understood. Our society operates on the assumption that people with greater intelligence deserve ...