Fear is a universal experience in the animal kingdom. For many species, survival depends on being exquisitely tuned to ...

Animal hoarding is a growing issue across the country, and it isn't just about having too many pets. "If you can get it, you can hoard it," said Dr. Randall Lockwood, a retired Senior VP for the ...

Most of us prefer a bit of variety in what we eat. Not true for these five "specialist" species, who seem perfectly content relying on just a single type of food. Humans are, by nature, omnivores. Our ...

The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center has welcomed three new ambassadors: a Virginia opossum named Willow, a striped ...

Sponges may be ancient, but their timeline has been murky. New research suggests the earliest sponges were soft and skeleton-free, explaining why their fossils don’t appear until much later. By ...

A police deputy in Indiana found himself in an odd rescue situation regarding escaped farm animals over the weekend.

Stewart Copeland, acclaimed drummer for The Police, teamed up with naturalist Martyn Stewart for a pioneering album featuring ...