Zoology

The plains viscacha looks a lot like a chinchilla, but it's known for building vast tunnels underground and for producing more than 300 eggs at one time.

A Tyrannosaurus rex researcher has found that there are now more scientifically valuable T. rex specimens in private or commercial ownership than in public museums, hampering research.

The colossal squid is the largest invertebrate on the planet, but it is also surprisingly elusive. An image of a 30-centimetre-long juvenile is our first glimpse of the animal in its natural habitat

Scientists recently revealed that they have "brought back" extinct dire wolves thanks to genetic engineering — but experts say the newly created animals are only like dire wolves in appearance.

The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology has one of the largest collections of eggs in North America, and it's vital to researchers worldwide.

Drone footage reveals what narwhals, the unicorns of the sea, actually do with their long spiraling tusks.

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When a scientist received a video of a spotted hyena in the southern part of his country, he thought someone was playing a trick on him.

Some species of hummingbirds undertake long migrations. To save energy, they enter a state of hibernation called torpor. Read more about it here. The post Hummingbirds snooze when energy is low first appeared on EarthSky.

Bats often hang upside down when they sleep instead of sitting right side up or lying down — why?

The new isopod species has been named Bathynomus vaderi after the most famous Sith Lord in the Star Wars movie series, Darth Vader, whose helmet resembles the marine animal's head.

New research shows about a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater...

"Six generations ago, Europe's seas possessed vast oyster reefs"

Fossil find in Germany helps solve paleontological puzzle between earlier and later pterosaurs.

A photo shared to social media in September and October 2024 authentically showed two men holding a so-called "doomsday fish."

NPR's Short Wave tells about an ambitious plan to protect monarch butterflies from climate change, new research about a massive ocean migration, and seven new frog species found in Madagascar.

In reference to the otherworldly sounds by which these treefrogs of the genus Boophis fill Malagasy rainforests, some of them reminiscent of sounds of

Male kangaroos purposely flex their biceps to impress females.

We don't know when the last Neanderthal died, but many archaeologists think some of the last lineages lived in southern Iberia.

A British crocodile expert was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison in Australia after admitting to sexually abusing, torturing and killing dozens of dogs.