A new study explains how climbing down trees helped shape upright posture in early primates and changed the course of evolution.

Researchers have shed new light on the features that enable tree-dwelling mammals to move effectively through their environments, providing insights into the evolution of the distinct upright postures ...

Located in Red River Gorge, a lesser-known destination in Eastern Kentucky, the Cliff Dweller Tree House is one of the most ...

Fans of the movie franchise Zootopia know that sloths make the perfect DMV (Department of Mammal Vehicles) workers.

It’s not considered polite to talk about it, but we all do it. Some of us are in and out so quickly that nobody would even ...

Tree-dwelling (arboreal) animals are specially adapted for life in the canopy, using their key features.

A tiny, lizardlike carnivore that skittered across swampy ground roughly 300 million years ago helped set the stage for some of the largest plant eaters the planet has ever seen. Its story is a ...

Jonathan Houghton represented the state at the 2025 International Tree Climbing Championship in New Zealand, placing sixth in the Open Ascent Event. Houghton was recently honored with a Hunterdon ...

Despite their name, tree hyraxes — small, furry, nocturnal African mammals — don’t always live in trees. In Tanzania’s Pare mountains, near the border with Kenya, they’ve adapted to life on steep ...

When Walt Disney chose Central Florida as the home for his project that would become Walt Disney World, he knew exactly what he wanted to create. However, he likely had no idea what sort of an impact ...