We expel carbon dioxide as waste. Naked mole rats bathe their brains in it to prevent seizures. The unique animals thrive ...

Human beings don’t have a thick coat of fur like many other mammals do. Scientists think it has to do with something else ...

Fatmuckets, pocketbooks, pigtoes and other unfortunately named and endangered invertebrates don’t receive the same level of funding or public sympathy as game species that make their home in The ...

"Tardigrades form tuns by contracting their musculature and simultaneously expel water, which results in a decrease in ...

Newly published research shows that the masked shrew, a small, mole-like mammal found in the Appalachian Mountains, shrinks its body and braincase to conserve energy during winter months.

“Lots of hard work to get to where they’ve got to.” Leslie said a TB-free status was not only important for animal health but also export market requirements. He said the station had been ...

Queen Camilla most recently adopted a rescue puppy from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home named Moley, given the name due to his resemblance to a mole. His mother is part Jack Russell Terrier, which is her ...

Moles are small, burrowing mammals known for their velvety fur and starry-shaped noses. These creatures play a significant role in aerating the soil and controlling insect populations, but they can ...

As spring rolls along and temperatures rise, homeowners may start to see little animals digging up their yards. Moles, voles and shrews can wreak havoc on a lawn with their digging. “The voles are ...

"It was a human-driven extinction – European settlers came to Australia and brutally obliterated this animal," says Andrew Pask, a geneticist at the University of Melbourne. Pask is leading a ...

A species of wolf that died out some 12,500 years ago lives again as the “world’s first successfully de-extincted animal,” according to Dallas-based biotech company Colossal Biosciences.

A genetics startup has created three pups that contain ancient DNA retrieved from the remains of the animal’s extinct ancestors. The first journalist to meet the wolves describes his trip to the ...