"Rates of evolution can be fantastically fast because of that constant environmental change," Michael Benton, a vertebrate ...

A new study reveals the surprisingly convergent evolution in the inner ear of mammals. An international research team led by ...

In a new book, a curator at England's Natural History Museum describes rare and interesting nests and eggs—from the house ...

Following someone’s gaze may seem like a simple act, but it has profound implications for the evolution of intelligence. And humans are far from the only animals that do it. A recent study of ...

A little yellow-and-white bird that prefers to date its mates in an idyllic island lifestyle rather than fly to the mainland ...

Once blackbirds reached their warmer wintering areas, they did not seem to reduce their overall daily energy expenditure as ...

But when an animal perceives a threat, its body is flooded with adrenaline, cortisol, and other hormones to bring their ...

Avian flu in dairy cows could stick around on US farms forever, and is raising the risk of outbreaks in mammals—including ...

Millions of birds migrate every year to escape winter, but spending time in a warmer climate does not save them energy, ...

Bird flu has killed millions of fowl and infected, even killed, hundreds of humans. But the jump to cattle has experts ...

At the Phoenix Zoo and Desert Botanical Garden, complex operations to keep animals and plants safe from climate change may ...