We introduce you to an unusual rat. The armored rat has spines on its back, but scientists are not convinced that they are ...

A lucky find of fossilized dinosaur poop in eastern Montana gave scientists their first look at which birds may have survived ...

Leeches get a bad reputation. Most leeches are predators of small invertebrates. But several families of leeches that suck blood from vertebrates have inspired horror fantasies, such as the 1959 film ...

Discover some of the rarest animals in the world, from the vaquita to the Cross River gorilla, and learn why their ...

Chickens recognize up to a hundred faces, solve math puzzles, and communicate with their chicks before hatching, yet most people still picture them as mindless birds pecking at dirt. What scientists ...

Hundreds of endangered Southern mountain yellow-legged frogs have been released in their home to bolster conservation efforts.

Crows remember your face, manufacture their own tools, and outsmart animals far larger than themselves. What researchers keep ...

September 24, 2026 is World Gorilla Day: we celebrate their intelligence and explore the sanctuaries protecting wild ...

Decades of industrial fishing have triggered something scientists never anticipated deep within the Atlantic cod's DNA, and ...

This World Rhino Day, discover how wild rhinos shape our ecosystems and how conservation is combatting illegal poaching.

A new study found that captive-raised crocodiles won't return to their facilities, but translocated crocs might try.

There is an incredible fish in the ocean that can Swallow Prey larger than itself and it's setting the science world on fire!