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Colorado is beginning the lengthy process of reintroducing wolverines to the state, where the furry animal hasn’t been seen ...

Some animal societies are ruled by despots with an iron fist, while others seem naturally egalitarian – and they all have ...

Ahead of the release of Sam Raimi's "Send Help," revisit the stories of Alexander Selkirk, Marguerite de la Rocque, the Tongan castaways and others who endured in remote locales ...

The strategy, known as synthetic biology, is gaining momentum globally as a conservation tool and human health solution, ...

Elephant seals look like clumsy blobs on land, but they are biological extremes. Adult males can weigh over 4,000 kilograms, making them the largest members of the carnivore order. That size isn’t for ...

A video captured by a safari guide in Zambia, showed a unique wildlife encounter between a crocodile and a buffalo, in which the former was trying to eat the latter.

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Koch, who studied vision, thought that by measuring people's brain responses as they looked at special optical illusions, ...

Will Smith ventured into a remote cave collect and study venom from giant tarantulas for his National Geographic show, ...