After reviewing recent genetic, morphological, and biogeographic studies on giraffes, scientists have now split the single ...

Many mammal populations in European and North American zoos are aging—a trend that jeopardizes the long-term viability of so-called reserve populations and, with it, a core mission of modern zoos in ...

According to the Sussex Ornithological Society, eagle-eyed residents recently witnessed a red-necked grebe and a black-necked ...

The endangered big cats are hanging on in Russia, the first country-wide survey of the animal suggests, while scientists and ...

Over 150 years ago, a fossilized organism known as Prototaxites emerged as an enigma regarding what early land life may have ...

Researchers studying exquisitely preserved Scottish fossils say Prototaxites represents an entirely extinct eukaryotic lineage - a “new form of life” in the sense that it does not fit into known major ...

A 410 million year-old fossil from Aberdeenshire which scientists have identified as being a ‘new’ form of life, distinct from ...

Ever since their discovery more than 165 years ago, massive fossilized structures left by an organism known as Prototaxites have proven impossible to categorize. Researchers in the UK have suggested ...

Ferme touted NMSU's recent ranking in U.S. News & World Report as the top national university in the region, as well as its overall affordability. He also commended the 50 faculty members named among ...

Nancy Shute discusses how scientists are beginning to study animals’ emotions and personalities — from joy to individual ...

Sleep is a universal biological state that allows all animals, from mammals to amphibians, fish and even insects, to restore ...