Our guide to one of our closest relatives – the gorilla, including the difference between the two species, why they're ...

Recent discoveries about an alvarezsaur called Manipulonyx have drawn renewed attention to this group of bird-like, clawed creatures and the mysteries around their anatomy and behavior ...

A QUT-led study has found how increasing aridity and habitat variation and the subsequent emergence of grasslands shaped the evolution of modern kangaroos and wallabies. The study, published in ...

The venomous animals unit consists of comprehensive lesson plans, instructional materials, graphic organizers, and more!

Decades of evidence link foxes and feral cats with extinctions of Australian mammals. Claims these introduced predators aren’t responsible don’t stack up.

A popular idea suggests a link between big brains and a rich social life, but octopuses don't fit the pattern, which suggests ...

For decades, textbooks described the North Atlantic Land Bridge as a short-lived pathway. Geological studies indicated that this strip of emergent land between Greenland, northern Europe, and ...

12,900 years ago, the Northern Hemisphere entered an abrupt cold period known as the Younger Dryas. This glacial interval didn’t last long, just 1,200 years, but it coincided with the extinction of ...