Ocean plastic kills sea creatures. For the first time, researchers set out to find out how much it takes. The answer: ...

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ...

As the days continue to get shorter, scientists have made a significant discovery in understanding exactly what makes mammals ...

Human movement today is about 40 times greater than the combined movement of all wild animals - including land mammals, birds, and arthropods.

Fragments of rubber balloons, plastic bags and fishing line can cause fatal blockages and injuries in sea turtles, seabirds ...

Large mammals in Yellowstone adapt to summer heat by changing behavior—shaped more by landscape than biology, a new study finds.

By studying more than 10,000 necropsies, we now know how much plastic it takes to kill seabirds, sea turtles, and marine mammals, and the lethal dose is much smaller than you might think.

Native to the rivers and freshwater creeks of eastern Australia, its venom is the lesser-known feature that sets the platypus apart from almost every other mammal on Earth.

There are approximately 1.9 million described animal species, and only 6,700 of them are mammals. That’s only about a third ...

A 40- to 50-foot male, sperm whale washed up on a Nantucket beach Sunday. Rarely seen in New England, it's the third sperm ...

An investigation of borealpox cases in Alaska determined that the virus is likely being spread from small mammals like voles ...