Mongooses and weasels, often mistaken, are distinct creatures with unique traits. Mongooses, related to cats, thrive in ...

Puff adders protect African crops by eating rodents. They outcompete mammals during outbreaks and need no care.

More than 20,000 cars pass by the site daily, but the toxic threat has been quietly growing and spreading unnoticed.

North American river otters once lived in every major river system in Pennsylvania. But because of development, otters ...

The chevrotain is a strange mashup with a rodent’s pointy snout, tiny pig-like hooves, and fangs like a saber-toothed tiger.

A collection of beautiful wildlife photos from Yellowstone National Park that showcase the predator-prey relationship of wild ...

Trail cameras captured an elusive Leadbeater's possum in the Australian state of New South Wales, where they were thought to ...

For the first time, Antarctic krill have been found on seafloor vents. One scientist is working to figure out what they are ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...