Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea critters, including sea stars, scaleworms and limpets. NOAA Ocean Exploration. The deep sea is the large ...

The U.S. men's hockey team was handed stuffed animals after winning gold in Milano Cortina. Here's why.

Scientists have documented same-sex behavior in many animals. Learn what it means, how it varies, and why human labels can mislead.

Social mammals are wildly diverse, given that they can be found across all habitats and species. However, a new line of ...

Mysterious signs engraved on objects reveal that a form of proto-writing may have been used in Europe 40,000 years ago, tens of thousands of years before the emergence of a full writing system ...

For decades, scientists have believed that complex life began when two very different microbes joined forces, eventually ...

Scientists found a 307 million-year-old fossil, Tyrannoroter heberti, revealing one of the earliest known land vertebrates ...

There may be twice as many vertebrates on the planet as previous estimates claimed, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. That's ...

The Susquehanna SPCA took in a group of farm animals from a Guilford residence Tuesday, Feb. 10 after the owners were no longer able to care for them. Executive Director Stacie Haynes said Monday, ...

Hundreds attended the Bulls, Bands and Barrels rodeo event, while animal rights activists protested outside, citing concerns about animal cruelty.

Young elephants have a lot to learn—what to eat, what to avoid, how to behave around others. When they grow up around their mother and aunts, their development into well-behaved adults may seem ...

When most people think about natural selection, they imagine individuals competing with one another: The fastest animal ...