After years of a shortened crab fishing season aimed at preventing whale entanglements off the West Coast, California ...

"While not the outcome we hoped for, it was in the best interest of this whale," the Marine Mammal Center said ...

A 10-week-old puppy is fighting for its life after being badly beaten in Live Oak, Florida. The puppy was so severely swollen from its injuries, rescuers didn’t even know which breed she was. A ...

Two more kinds of ticks can cause red meat allergies than previously thought. See the new species, learn where all 3 live, how to handle bites.

Fatty acids have long been associated with helping to shed, but the scientific evidence doesn’t support it. They can, however ...

David Farmer had been hunting vocalizations for the multitudinous “Moria orcs” in the first “Lord of The Rings” movie and “needed something new and cool.” Sightseeing with his wife, Farmer was not ...

There are many critters designated by law to symbolize North Carolina. For example, we have an official state bird (red cardinal); reptile (Eastern box turtle); horse (Colonial Spanish mustang); mollu ...

The sea mammals may actually be able to sense the amount of oxygen in their blood—something we humans can't do. A new study suggests gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) can sense the level of oxygen ...

At first glance, it looked like a genetic error — so severe it should have crippled the animal. But instead, it helped turn ...

In South America, the virus occasionally spilled over to sicken small numbers of humans and mammals. However, in 2023, WEEV ...

Scientists have uncovered a 10 million-year-old fossil of a carnivorous mammal in the Himalayas, shedding light on ancient ecosystems.