DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

A thirsty wild hog steps out from the cover and protection of the woods to the swamp’s shore. As it laps up the water, a ...

Record set in Florida: a 19-foot-long Burmese python is captured in Big Cypress, revealing new clues about the ecological ...

Invasive species are wreaking havoc on ecosystems around the world. US company Inversa is turning some of them into leather, which it says is more environmentally friendly than traditional leather.

The first animals must also have invented ways to produce the many different kinds of cells we have today; muscle cells, ...

Alex is said to have mastered 100 words and even asked questions – something that’s almost unheard of in non-human animals.

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa ...