Any change to migratory patterns could be cause for concern. Scientists flag disturbing trends emerging among large mammals: ...

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: the ...

It turns out the air is chock-full of animal DNA. Now locating rare animals or monitoring invasive species doesn’t need complicated cameras in the wilderness, it just requires detecting their floating ...

Of all the animals ever to have roamed the planet, the iconic long-necked, long-tailed dinosaurs known as sauropods stand unrivaled. No other terrestrial creatures have come close to attaining their ...

A polar bear rests in a field on Barter Island in 2016. Polar bears in the Southern Beaufort Sea population are spending more time on land as sea ice diminishes, and studies indicate that they are ...

The law includes only a few exceptions, including scientific research, population control, and disease monitoring.

On the remote British island of St. Helena, a tortoise named Jonathan resides as the oldest, known living land animal. His story has gained a lot of attention online. “Say hello to Jonathan. He was ...