Beavers, earthworms, prairie dogs, elephants, and more don't just live in ecosystems, they reshape them to the benefit of ...

A museum display of the giant crocodile Deinosuchus schwimmeri showcases a 30-foot-long apex predator from the Cretaceous ...

A long-running and bitterly fought dispute over whether the earliest known hominin had a knuckle-walking gait, like ...

High in the forest canopy, one genus of snake learned how to solve the problem of flight without wings. Here’s how, according ...

Museum fossils in England reveal 200-million-year-old coelacanths, fish that swam alongside the first dinosaurs ...

Bite force, a measure of the strength of an animal's bite, helps researchers understand a species' role in the ecosystem.

In 1912, excavations at Lovelock Cave uncovered skeletons that defied explanation — some nearly 10 feet tall. But after the University of California handed the findings to the Smithsonian, the story ...

This unique, and at times unnerving, museum tells the story of how modern surgery was developed, but it's not an attraction ...

The year’s most notable findings also include insights into dog and sheep domestication and a new species of manta ray in the ...

A new approach using the hyoid bone uncovered distinct growth patterns. A new study has brought clarity to a long-running ...

An emaciated pony dies after being found tied to the gate of the Animal Welfare Society of South Africa, prompting calls for ...