Earth's waters host diverse mammals like dolphins, whales, and manatees. These creatures possess unique adaptations for ...

How animals evolve and develop traits is basically the foundation of evolutionary biology. Whether it be animal, plant, bacteria or fungi, there is one organism that gave rise to all those types of ...

An interdisciplinary team of scientists are using animals' unique traits to pinpoint regions of the human genome that might affect health. From a bat's wings to an elephant's cancer resistance, an ...

On-screen psychopaths such as Patrick Bateman in 'American Psycho' and Villanelle in 'Killing Eve' are often depicted hurting animals. Now, a study suggests this character flaw is not just the stuff ...

We pride ourselves on being the most intelligent of animals, the ones who dominate from the sky to the depths of the sea. This claim is not false, but it omits an essential aspect: the other creatures ...

Twenty major groups of extinct animals with a good fossil record had some of the following characteristics. There is an uncommonly high percentage of suspension feeders and colonial animals. Most of ...

Bacteria are everywhere, even inside of our bodies, and they are thought to date back to the early days of life on Earth. These single-celled organisms are classified differently than animals' ...