Wherever you see them, these ancient animals are sure to inspire wonder. All crocodiles, caimans and alligators are ancient species, and they look the part. But one species of crocodilian — the ...

It brought rare animals - including chimpanzees ... And it was no ordinary one either, but the variety with the long, thin nose, a gavial. But as you can see, no one could class this little ...

Also called the gavial or fish-eating crocodile ... Their jaws can dislocate, allowing them to swallow animals much larger than their head. These reptiles inhabit tropical regions across the Old World ...

However, one group of ecologists is challenging the assumption that animals don’t eat ethanol-laden fruits and nectars that often. They argue that since ethanol-laden fruits are present in ...

What is the 'most Canadian' animal? Spoiler: it's not the beaver, or the moose. A new study ranks species of terrestrial vertebrates in Canada by their level of Canadian evolutionary distinctness ...

This past spring, Harvard University evolutionary biologist Joanna Wolfe, Ph.D., was in Okinawa, Japan, gathering information for her research on carcinization, or the study of how animals take on ...

A philosopher journeys into the world of comparative thanatology, which explores how animals of all kinds respond to death and dying. By Emily Anthes In the summer of 2018, off the coast of ...

Eaters of Kumaon’, his bestseller published in 1944, which was translated early on into several Indian languages. What is not ...

Animals are remarkable architects. Their nests, tunnel systems and caves are perfectly designed, and some of their structures are thousands of years old. Here are just a few examples of their ...

A handful of animals display unexpected longevity and negligible aging. Slowly, science has revealed details of and theories for the varied ways these organisms avoid growing old. Hydra reproduce ...

When life seems a little too serious, there's nothing like animal jokes to make you roar (or hoot or howl) with laughter I’ve been a stand-up and improv comic for 30 years, and I know for a fact ...

Oct. 15, 2024 — A study in the Cascade Range in Oregon of a tiny, elusive skunk found the animal can cover more ground than deer and is sensitive to climate change, ... Oct. 15, 2024 — Bonobos ...