The company behind the dire wolf comeback hopes to restore Africa's bluebuck, once hunted to extinction by colonialists.

Scientists have used an online game to discover the secrets of animal camouflage—such as why tigers have stripes. The study, ...

Scientists knew the stingers and pincers of these arachnids generally contained metals, but a new Smithsonian-led study maps ...

Baby tapirs look like walking watermelons with their striped and spotted bodies — a unique pattern that is as strategic as it ...

A two-toned lobster is set to make a splash at the Woods Hole Science Aquarium in southeastern Massachusetts. Lobstermen on ...

Sloths are often perceived as being slow-moving and harmless; however, sloths have a harrowing life in the wild. They are ...

Bobcats are native to Wisconsin and likely found in all 72 counties but due to their stealthy habits are often difficult to ...

The U.S. Marine Corps is fielding a cloak known as the "Multispectral Camouflage Overgarment" (MCO) to hide heat signatures ...

Bold, irregular geometric patterns (known as dazzle camouflage) were painted on ships to confuse enemy submariners. The idea was simple: distort the perception of a ship’s speed, direction, and size, ...

A harbor seal sports about a hundred whiskers — which are more than just for show. They provide the animals with key intel on ...

Following the trend of other regulators, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is taking steps to reduce the need for animal testing. The agency has issued a draft qualification opinion for a new ...

A host of tree mammal species, including opossums, two-toed sloths and wild cats, have been found sharing a latrine in the forest canopy. Jeremy Quirós-Navarro, an independent ecologist in Costa Rica ...