Against all odds, bats are surprisingly long-lived and rarely develop tumors. Understanding why could unlock new cancer ...

More than a quarter of the sea mammals rescued by the hospital annually have experienced harm by human or dog interactions ...

Meyerson defines invasive species as "non-native species introduced either intentionally or accidentally by humans outside of ...

COLOMBO – During the Ice Ages, there was a decrease in global sea levels, creating a land bridge between Sri Lanka and India, ...

Video from a national park in Uganda depicted a parade of predatory species feeding on and dispersing fruit bats that are known natural reservoirs of infectious diseases.

If we count all the species that humans have described so far, it’s about 2 million. New species get added all the time – ...

Juvenile critically endangered great hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna mokarran) flock to the waters of Biscayne Bay in southern ...

"The results of the environmental and ecological protection efforts over the years have been very evident. Nowadays, we often ...

In a 2015 study BGR reported that researchers discovered that elephants possess 19 extra copies of the TP53 gene, a powerful ...

Some bat species can live cancer-free for up to 25 years, which is equivalent to 180 human years. How do they do it?

For decades, scientists have known that platypuses and echidnas – Australia’s unique egg-laying mammals – have another ...

MADISON, Wis. (WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES PRESS RELEASE) - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) ...