Three orcas turned Seattle’s working waterfront into a whale‑watching hot spot Monday morning, cruising deep into Elliott Bay ...

A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...

Mammals are not especially diverse. Roughly 6,800 mammal species are known to exist, compared with about 8,800 species of amphibian, 11,000 species of bird and 12,500 of reptile. Yet when most people ...

Scientists announced on March 5, 2026, that they have identified an entirely new genus of mammal called Tous, a group of ...

Hawaiʻi's role in a recent discovery in the forests of New Guinea is rewriting a scientific story that seemed finished thousands of years ago.

Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic story traces back at least to Charles Darwin, the English naturalist who ...

Many mammals have fur the color of brown and black. Why don't they have more exotic colors, like purple and neon pink?

This program has played a role in elevating citizen science in Simcoe County and across the province of Ontario and beyond,' ...