Also known as a "whistlepig" and a "thickwood badger," groundhogs are now synonymous with shadows and spring weather. But ...

Research into hibernating animals reveals that memory lives in the cell and life is defined by the persistence of embodied information.

Even though the letter V is at the end of the alphabet, it is the first letter of some of the most colorful and important animal species. Animals that start with the letter V have been in the news ...

The Smithsonian National Zoo in D.C. is preparing for the birth of a large “charismatic and charming” animal: an Asian elephant calf. Zoo officials announced Monday morning that an Asian elephant is ...

For more than four decades, the Holtsville Ecology Site in Brookhaven, New York, was a local favorite. It was the kind of place families stopped on sunny afternoons to feed goats, wave to buffalo, and ...

A mouse in a box for an experiment. Image in public domain. The UK is making a bold, historic move: it’s trying to wind down animal testing. The government just unveiled a sweeping roadmap aiming to ...

Your neighborhood is home to all sorts of amazing animals, from racoons, squirrels and skunks to birds, bugs and snails. Even if you don’t see them, most of these creatures are leaving evidence of ...

Long before dinosaurs, trilobites, or even jellyfish swam the seas, Earth’s oceans were filled with creatures that looked like squishy tubes or blobs. They had no bones, no shells, and no nervous ...

Bees are far more diverse than the honey bee most of us picture. They come in every size and shade, from metallic green to deep black, and they thrive in environments ranging from deserts to mountain ...