Oh wow, I love these photographs of “big tusker” elephants by Johan Siggesson. I didn’t even know big tuskers were a thing — and they may not be for much longer: ...

Once-threatened koala populations in parts of Australia are showing surprising signs of genomic recovery, according to a ...

Siggesson’s Instagram is worth a look as well…the starkness of the stripes in this zebra photo !

Watch a wolf documentary for a few minutes, then look at a French Bulldog snoring on someone’s couch. It almost feels ...

Toronto General Hospital climbed up to the No. 2 spot—and knocked down Cleveland Clinic—on World's Best Hospitals.

New research reveals that ancient interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals shaped our modern human DNA - especially on ...

The biggest berry bloom in New Zealand’s forests in decades has set off a mating frenzy among the critically endangered ...

With the face of a Muppet and the physique of a Furby, the Kākāpō is an all-around preposterous creature. It’s nocturnal, ...

Researchers exploring a cave network in northern Saudi Arabia have made an unexpected find: seven naturally mummified ...

Thin stretches of the human X chromosome look oddly empty when you scan for Neanderthal DNA. Geneticists even have a name for the gaps: “Neanderthal deserts.

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - When Homo sapiens trekked out of Africa, our species encountered Neanderthal populations ...

While all cats are said to have nine lives, some breeds are naturally hardier than others. Breeds shaped by natural evolution rather than human intervention often have a greater genetic resilience.