Researchers sequenced the knotty sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing a missing gene that many other animals ...

A newly discovered cell helps pythons digest entire skeletons—and might be present in other bone-eating predators, too.

Long before the first dinosaur hatched, Earth's ancient life was already thriving. There were bizarre sea creatures and lumbering plant-eaters that ruled prehistoric landscapes for hundreds of ...

Predatory fish that evolved into the first terrestrial animals on Earth are still revealing insights into the origins of ...

Backbone State Park in northeast Iowa was among four Iowa parks with high bacteria concentrations in beach water this week. Lake Macbride State Park and Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area are ...

Oklahoma may have narrowly avoided creating a new criminal charge targeting people who misrepresent their pet as a service animal. The proposed law, which has been vetoed by Gov. Kevin Stitt, targeted ...

Chris DePerno, a professor at North Carolina State University’s College of Natural Resources, called hunting the backbone of wildlife conservation in the U.S.

That’s how we know that all animals with backbones share a common ancestor. That ancestor was a group called the lobe-finned fish, or sarcopterygians.

Paleontologists have revealed what may be the earliest known saber-toothed animal to have ever lived—a predator that roamed our planet before the age of the dinosaurs.