Animal life is extraordinarily diverse and complex, having colonized almost all environments on Earth—from hostile ...

A treasure trove of fossils from China shows that the Cambrian explosion may have been less explosive than scientists once ...

From deep growls rolling over savannas to haunting whale songs drifting through the ocean, many species rely on sound to stay ...

Shocking footage has captured the moment beachgoers rallied to push a wounded whale, which washed ashore at Bondi Beach, back ...

“In many parts of the world, hawksbills face the unique threat of being hunted for their beautiful shell, also known as ‘tortoise shell,’ which is used by craftspeople to create many types of jewelry ...

Did Earth’s major diversification event really happen in one sudden explosion? Our fossil discovery suggests not.

Dolphins and other marine mammals are protected under federal law. Does that include talking to or harassing them in the wild ...

A dolphin's gravity-defying jump was caught on camera, with researchers dubbing it the "Michael Jordan" of the sea.

The Pacific Whale Foundation documented a pantropical spotted dolphin off the coast of Maui soaring a shocking height from ...

Wild dolphins in Brazil help fishers catch mullet—boosting success rates and forming one of the last human-wildlife partnerships.

Animals come in an extraordinary range of body shapes. A starfish looks nothing like an earthworm, a mouse, or a human. Yet even closely related species can appear radically different: corals, ...