Genome sequencing has revealed the identity of the kunga, a donkey-wild ass hybrid.
Dubbed Taksinus bambus , the bamboo-dwelling tarantula lines its burrows with silk.
It’s the first detection of biofluorescence in a bioluminescent anglerfish.
A colony 1,000 feet below the ocean's surface contains an unprecedented number of the prehistoric-looking fish.
Dating to the Jurassic, the extinct sea creature was over 32 feet long.
Anatomically, everything about a dolphin's clitoris indicates it evolved to help them feel pleasure, a group of researchers say.
The brains of dogs lit up differently when they heard an unfamiliar language, a new MRI experiment showed.
New research shows that wild animals can be tracked through airborne DNA.
In tests, the fish used their motion-operated vehicle to earn a food reward.
Found in southern China, the unhatched egg dates to between 66 million and 72 million years ago.
The 326-million-year-old Arthropleura was one of the largest terrestrial invertebrates known to science.
Stone tools belonging to Neanderthals were also found at the 210,000-year-old site.
Despite their name, none of the leggy arthropods had made it to 1,000 legs before now. This one has 1,306.
Summer never arrived during that fateful year at the end of the Cretaceous, new research suggests.
Theropod trace fossils found in Spain suggest these predators could sprint faster than humans.
An analysis of Quetzalcoatlus fossils has revealed more about these incredible extinct creatures.
Soils kept in cold storage suggest that some of these now-extinct animals survived longer than previously thought.
State police say that eight wolves, including an entire pack, have been killed by poison since February.
Two travelers bound for Germany had stored the bugs and arachnids in hundreds of plastic containers.
Larger dogs in particular are suffering from ill-health due to breeding.
