For the first time in a century, a wolf has appeared in Los Angeles County, according to the Los Angeles Times. The wolf, ...

Later it was extended to include close friends or companions who gathered to talk, tell stories, and share news about the community. It is only relatively recently that the word gossip took on the ...

The National Zoo announced Friday that its 5-week-old Asian elephant calf, Linh Mai, will make her debut before the general public — and on the elephant cam — on April 22, an introduction to human ...

The chain catshark may look like any other shark in daylight, but under blue light, its skin glows neon green. Here’s a breakdown of this remarkable adaptation.

A ruling this week by Ukraine’s Supreme Court recognizing a same-sex couple as a de facto family marks a significant victory for equality.

Simulations of Australopithecus hominins’ anatomy suggest that when they gave birth, they may have exerted tremendous pressure on their pelvic floors, putting them at risk of tearing ...

Scientists discover hedgehogs hear ultrasound, opening the possibility of warning sounds that keep them away from roads.

Joshua Plotnik, director of Comparative Cognition for Conversation Lab at the City University of New York, delivered a PBS ...

Asian elephant calf Linh Mai will make her public debut at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute this Earth Day, April 22. She was born Feb. 2 to mother Nhi Linh and father ...

The Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is celebrating Earth Day with flair this year. Asian elephant calf Linh Mai will make her public debut at the zoo on April 22, appearing ...

The experiment began with a straightforward prediction: microbes from older mice would age young ovaries. But when the ...