In 2007, whalers in Alaska killed a whale that had a Victorian-era explosive harpoon embedded in its neck. Here are the ...

Mammals independently evolved similar inner ear shapes, showing convergence due to shared environmental pressures.

The world still holds many unanswered questions. But thanks to the efforts of the research teams awarded the IG Nobel Prize ...

Indian authorities believe wolves have killed 10 people in the Bahraich region of Uttar Pradesh in recent months, as fear and ...

The convergence of multiple flu strains in one animal can allow new virus strains to form—just as they did in past pandemics.

The fact that all these living ruminants shared a common ancestor doesn’t mean that other relatives didn’t develop them in parallel, though. For example, mammals related to modern camels, which are ...

Nearly 20 years after Epcot's marine life attraction The Living Seas got a Pixar makeover for its transformation into The ...

It’s clear that genes, receptors and neurons all play a role in detecting odors. But much of how we make sense of what we ...

The only other known case of rabies in a sea mammal was in a ringed seal in Norway's Svalbard islands in the early 1980s.

Milk produced by cows in the first days after giving birth has a new wellness sheen. But do the claimed benefits check out?

A tribe in Oregon whose culture is tied to the ocean is suing the U.S. government over an offshore wind energy auction. The ...

We now know that many mammals can breathe through their anuses ... Actual Nobel laureates presented the prizes to the ten IG Nobel winners who all won a now obsolete Zimbabwean ten trillion ...