Bigger doesn't necessarily mean stronger says Ben Garrod. In fact its the smaller animals that have the strongest skeletons ...

Bite force, a measure of the strength of an animal's bite, helps researchers understand a species' role in the ecosystem.

A once-abundant native species has been declared extinct in Australia after decades without a trace, raising urgent questions about biodiversity loss.

Males engage in a two-week-long sex marathon with as many females as they can find. Each frenzied encounter can last up to 14 ...

The new ‘Zootopia 2’ character is so popular it has caused a dangerous sales surge of highly poisonous pets. See the viral trend alarming experts. 'Zootopia 2' is a global box-office hit, surpassing ...

A wave of fresh science is challenging a century-old treatment and offering hope to the people snakebites harm most—often far from hospitals and help A rinkhals (Hemachatus haemachatus) in Hluhluwe, ...

A brother and sister skipping hand-in-hand down a dirt road in Australia where oblivious to the deadly snake lying in their path, and so was their mother following behind them. The boy eventually ...

Last month we featured footage of an enormous, dinosaur-like shoebill that had landed on a tour boat in Uganda and was photographed in a way that made the striking bird appear even larger. “We were ...

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) recorded 204,605 conflict events from December 1, 2024 to November 28, 2025, resulting in over 240,000 deaths, in its newly released Conflict ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes the potentially fatal respiratory infection of the same name, was found to use a system known as PrrAB to ...

What is it about William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” that attracts progressive, feminist directors who hope to tame its inherently violent sexism and then spend their entire show fighting ...

What can be learned from a shrew — the tiny, furry, high-strung creature that needs to eat the equivalent of its body weight in food every day to survive? More than you might expect, including ...