Camels are masters of adaptation. Here’s how these animals evolved to survive the sand and glare while preserving crucial ...

When cicadas emerge, they go through an amazing molting process. Read here to learn more about molting, and why cicadas do it.

Inside the growing scientific quest to understand what creatures with the extraordinary ability to defy the ravages of time can teach us about making human aging better.

Sharks might not be a natural biological group, with most species potentially closer kin to rays than to an oddball group of sharks.

Research from Harvard's Organismic and Evolutionary Biology department has discovered that oyster microbes might help with the "heavy ...

A massive adult female Kemp’s ridley sea turtle washed ashore near Beach Pocket Park #3 in Galveston on March 7, triggering an urgent rescue effort along the Texas Gulf Coast. The turtle — the world’s ...

For an oyster, creating an internal environment for calcification that forms its distinctive hard shell is essential. But new Harvard research has found that these bivalves may outsource the work, ...

This refers to DNA from animals that is found in the environment as a result of natural shedding. Think: dead skin, feces, ...

The Richmond Police Department said the owner of the Getaway Ranch on Bucknam Road was facing charges of animal cruelty after an investigation.Thirty-five-year- ...

A rare painted river terrapin hatched at the Smithsonian National Zoo, giving conservationists hope for a turtle species ...

International oil majors Chevron and Shell are closing in on the first big oil production deals with Venezuela since the U.S.