The Black Mamba and the Mongoose engage in a deadly predator-versus-predator battle in the African wild. The Mongoose, though ...

Learn more about how genetic research reveals the Norwegian lemming only split from its Siberian cousin 35,000 years ago.

Using whole genome sequencing and cutting‐edge analyses, researchers at Stockholm University have uncovered the surprising ...

A critically endangered fox, called "one of the rarest mammals in the world," was recently caught on camera by a Northern ...

Australia is home to more than 60 species of carnivorous marsupials in the family Dasyuridae. Almost a quarter of those have ...

Rodents don’t usually evolve overnight. Like most species, they change slowly through tiny shifts passed down over thousands or millions of years. But when the world changes fast, like it has in ...

The findings of a new study "clearly show that interfering with the environment has a detectable effect on wildlife," a ...

Every year, the subterranean Formosan termites flock to outdoor evening lights on warm nights and gnaw through wood on scores ...

Urbanization has had visible morphological effects on chipmunks and voles in the Chicago metro area. While both chipmunks and ...

Rattlesnakes get all the attention, but Arizona has numerous nonvenomous snake species. Here's why they're beneficial and ...

Two new studies add to the evidence that human activity, from fishing to urban development, is driving the evolution of wild ...