The venture, privately funded to start, is now run by the University of Arizona. And today, scientists there are quietly ...

With its verdant hillsides, natural springs and clear, fast-moving rivers, the Hill Country has been cherished by generations of Texans. In a state where summer temperatures regularly exceed 40C, it ...

For 50 years, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has been preserving animals' genetic material in its Frozen Zoo, and ...

A trade-off between tooth size and jaw mobility has restricted fish evolution, Nick Peoples at the University of California Davis, US, and colleagues report in the open-access journal PLOS Biology .

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Ross says North Idaho is home to about 50 to 75 grizzly bears and says people living alongside them can take steps to prevent situations like this. Some recommendations include locking up used ...

Buried for 209 million years, a tiny flying reptile and its ancient neighbors just emerged from Arizona’s Triassic past.

Fossils of the pterosaur were discovered in Petrified Forest National Park. The fossils date back 209 million years.

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These floods do not come from nowhere. They are an effect of larger historical, structural, and environmental processes.

From the banana wrasse to the fried egg jellyfish, take a look at this veritable smorgasbord of animals with food-inspired names.