Through intensive breeding, humans have pushed breeds such as pug dogs and Persian cats to evolve with very similar skulls ...

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same ...

In the full study, conducted in collaboration with the Castiglione Lab at Vanderbilt University and partially funded by the ...

Double muscling is visually striking and the animals appear to be struggling with the burden of more that usual muscle.

A groundbreaking DNA study reveals how genetic mutations pass through generations, offering new insights into disease and ...

The real world analog of "Common Side Effects" underscores the loss of biodiversity before we even know what's gone ...

It’s no wonder deep-sea creatures are so strange. They survive against the odds in one of the most extreme environments on ...

Imagine a creature that can solve puzzles, taste with its skin, shape-shift at will, and even edit its own genetic code. It ...

Humans might bring emotion, poetry, and awkward small talk into the mix, but the animal kingdom is out here rewriting the Kama Sutra with every weird, wild encounter. If you’re not fighting with ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — Animal lovers now have a place to hang out with the “it” animals of the moment — big furry rodents. In the back of a real estate office building in what is known ...

Several zoos and wildlife parks across the U.S. offer encounters with capybaras, but Angel said none of them provide the intimacy with the animals that visitors get at the Capybara Cafe. Angel ...