Despite their name, killer whales (orcas) are actually dolphins.

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

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The NASA astronauts splashed down on Tuesday in a SpaceX capsule after problems with a Boeing vehicle set in motion a ...

Very few humans have gone up against bird flu. But we've all dealt with seasonal flu for years. Some of our immune systems ...

Cougar cubs have not been documented in Michigan in over 100 years, but state biologists can confirm recent photos officially ...

New research shows how physical changes in the skull affected the mechanics of the way birds move and use their beaks to eat and explore their habitats -- adaptations that helped them evolve into the ...

In human society, men tend to be seen as risk-takers, while women are seen as being more cautious. According to evolutionary psychologists, this ...

One halcyon spring day in 1903, the 69-year-old anatomist and naturalist Dr. James Bell Pettigrew sat at the top of a sloping ...

Nepali police officer Jiwan Subba still feels pangs of regret decades after he bludgeoned a strange creature he found ...

Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can ...