Marine scientists have long marveled at how animals like fish and seals swim so efficiently despite having different shapes.

Humans change the urban landscape with religious, cultural and political activities, which in turn can influence the ...

For 50 years, scientists believed that schools of fish would save the most energy by swimming in flat diamond formations.

Feces are a valuable tool in the world of animal identification. It might sound gross, but it’s one of the best ways to ...

How people perceive animals can vary greatly. This difference is not only from person to person but also across cultures.

A new study proves for the first time that the ‘two-thirds scaling law’ applies to large animals as well as small ones, ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

When it comes to African wildlife, few things capture the imagination like the Big Five animals. I still remember the first ...

Animal conservationists often move elephants between herds to improve biodiversity and group health, but what if the elephants don't speak the same language?

The Cryolophosaurus, a 21-foot feathered predator from the Early Jurassic Period, resembled a T-rex in shape but sported a ...

We know that some animals are bilaterian—meaning they display bilateral symmetry—while others are not, but nature is rarely ...