The raccoon has long held our fascination, admiration, and even our disdain. Perhaps no other animal has been as associated ...

Every U.S. state faces a unique challenge with wildlife labeled as pests, from invasive rodents in the Northeast to destructive wild hogs in the South. While some animals are considered local ...

Molecular clues from collagen in old bones are teaching us about the lives, movements, and demise of Ice Age megafauna like ...

Paleontologists assumed just one dinosaur egg type lay buried in Utah's Cedar Mountain Formation. Then they hit the jackpot.

If you're disgusted by cicadas, here's another item for your list. They pee. A lot. And better than some mammals. Here's what ...

Emotional support animals are becoming very popular. Discover the 35 strangest emotional support animals that people actually ...

In the last decade, report after report has warned that the Arctic is heating up faster than ever, cities are scorching, the ...

A group of fossils of elasmosaurs -- some of the most famous in North America -- have just been formally identified as belonging to a 'very odd' new genus of the sea monster, unlike any previously ...

Last year, right around my birthday, I took a trip to the Great Smoky Mountains for the first time. My day began with a hike ...

The environmental nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., ranked the river as America’s fourth most endangered on its annual list unveiled ... Mexico before hooking north and crossing back into ...

Q. I saw the following quote on a poster at a wildlife sanctuary in Florida: “Cranes are large birds with long beaks found on ...

People often marvel at how much—and how little—intelligence is displayed in the animal kingdom. Often the subject of research ...