The rugged brown bears (Ursus arctos) of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska may be well-positioned at the top of the food chain, but that doesn’t mean the smaller animals don’t pose any risks ...

Known as the Cambrian Explosion, this flurry of rapid evolution produced most of the animal phyla and ecosystems we see around us today. And it may have taken off because some of those early animals ...

Keeping pets seems to be fairly recent behaviour in the timeline of human evolution. Columnist Michael Marshall turns to the ...

This behaviour may shed light on one of the defining features of our own species: our extraordinary relationships with other ...

Most of us have seen ants marching across the ground without giving them much thought. Seungah Chung saw something different.

As animals became more abundant and evolved more sophisticated digestive systems, they were able to produce more fecal matter ...

On scorching days in South Africa’s Kalahari, female southern pied babblers can have trouble solving what should be a simple problem. A mealworm sits behind a transparent barrier. During cooler ...

NPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science.

Every year on August 1, animal shelters across the country celebrate “Dogust 1st,” the universal birthday for shelter dogs. Although many of the animals who come through our doors arrive with little ...

Westfield Summer Academy engaged 120 students in hands-on literacy and STEM projects, highlighting creativity and inclusivity ...

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