The Cockroach of Dinosaurs Likely Survived Extinction Because of Its Big Wet Eggs
Fantastic numbers of leathery, beaked Lystrosaurus—a distant ancestor to today’s mammals, often the size of a small dog—roamed…
Parents charged after ‘unsupervised’ child crawls toward wolves and is injured
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A toddler described as “unsupervised” was injured by a wolf…
Argentina updates national IUCN mammal list with new focus on non-native species
The Argentine Society for the Study of Mammals reviews the national IUCN Red List of mammal species…
A bonobo named Kanzi could play pretend, challenging ideas about animal imaginations
Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo, identified and tracked pretend objects across tea party-like experiments, marking the first controlled…
Raccoons Keep Picking Locks Even After They’ve Eaten the Reward. Scientists Say They Do It to “Forage Information”
A raccoon and puzzlebox from the experiment. Credit: Hannah Griebling The marshmallow was gone, but the trash pandas…
550-pound bear living under California home eludes capture attempts
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A trap set to capture a 550-pound bear living under…
Man cited by Yellowstone rangers for approaching wolf pack, spraying substance
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! National Park Service (NPS) rangers tracked down and cited a…
Australia’s Only Shrew is Now officially Extinct, Killed by Non-native Species Introduced by Humans
The Christmas Island shrew was a small, short-legged creature with a pointed muzzle. Like other shrews, it resembled…
Is New Zealand set to tighten its milk supply regulations?
Fonterra’s proposed deal with Lactalis over the acquisition of the New Zealand co-op’s consumer and integrated businesses has…
Deciphering the origins of guanylate-binding proteins in mammals (Monotreme, Marsupials and Placentals) | BMC Biology
Guanylate-binding proteins have important roles in immunity, being involved in the cell-autonomous innate immune response against bacterial, parasitic…
New Study Shatters Long-Standing Myths About Primate Origins
The first primates were about the size of a mouse lemur: tiny. Credit: Jason Gilchrist Primates originated in…
First-Ever Photos Reveal Secretive Giant Rat of New Guinea
Large rat Mallomys istapantap. Image from a camera trap. Credit: František Vejmělka, originally published in: Vejmělka, F. (2025).…