Research on SARS-CoV-2 in zoo tigers, lions, and hyenas shows rapid viral evolution and adaptation, offering insights into cross-species transmission dynamics.

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

The Apennine brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) is an isolated population found in Central Italy. Previous research ...

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...

Ronan the sea lion can dance to a lot of different songs, but there is something about “Boogie Wonderland,” by Earth, Wind and Fire that really gets her going. It didn’t take more than a few days for ...

Since the Middle Ages, the size of wild and domestic animals has largely been shaped by human selection: domestic animals are increasingly larger; wild animals increasingly smaller. During the 7,000 ...

More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...

For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels ...