It looks like a squat, cuddly little bear, chirps like a bird and has webbed feet for swimming – meet the very rare and bizarre wild dog that's like no other ...

Bone claws, oxygen-absorbing “hair,” and hands-on frog dads. Meet the hairy frog (or wolverine frog), one of nature’s strangest amphibians.

But despite its variety of habitats, San Marino is one of the least biodiverse countries. This is largely because of its small size, its landlocked borders (marine and intertidal habitats tend to ...

Evolution is perhaps the most extraordinary story ever told—a tale spanning billions of years that connects every living thing on Earth through an intricate ...

Also known as the polar wolf or white wolf, the Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) is a subspecies of the gray wolf that ...

Why do female reindeer have antlers? It’s a question that has long perplexed scientists, since reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)—also known as caribou—are the only species of deer whose cows sport the bony ...

Caribou mothers gnaw on their own antlers for nutrition after their long migration in the cold and dry climate of the Arctic tundra, a new study reveals. Caribous, also called reindeer, are the only ...

Caribou, large deer that are native to the northernmost parts of the world (and sometimes called reindeer), are the only deer whose females grow antlers. In a study published today, researchers ...

The new moon on February 17 marks the start of the Lunar New Year, which is celebrated in many Southeast and East Asian countries. According to the Chinese zodiac, it’s also the start of the Year of ...

Some animal facts sound like internet exaggerations until you look at the research behind them. Biologists and field researchers have confirmed many of these traits through long-term observation, ...

A Northborough man was placed on two years probation after admitting to sufficient facts to animal cruelty and assault charges. The charges stemmed from an incident where seven malnourished puppies ...

Reducing wolves to protect endangered caribou doesn't always deliver the expected results, and the shape of the land may be the deciding factor. That's according to research led by doctoral student ...