An entertaining view of what unpopular creatures including raccoons, rats, coyotes, gulls, snakes, and other intruders teach us about intelligence, adaptability, and ourselves.

How can we measure time more than 500 million years into the past? A study recently published in Nature Communications by researchers at the University of Lausanne presents a new geological "rock ...

The fox is convalescing at the Bronx Zoo after an unlikely 3,600-mile sea crossing from England to the Port of New York and ...

Applications open for $15,000 Antarctic Fellowship from IAATO, Early-Career Award from COMNAP and Scientific Committee on ...

The plight of the emperor penguin might be more dire than previously thought. For the first time, scientists have used ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Max Graham, a writer for High Country News, about Alaska's declining caribou population, and the state's plan to save them by shooting predators like grizzlies and wolves.

Beneath Antarctica's thick ice, Lake Unter-See harbors a unique ecosystem with high oxygen and alkaline water. Large ...

Researchers on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, recently discovered the oldest known recordings of whale sounds and believe the discovery could help scientists understand how the animals communicate.

When scientists look at the effects of a warming planet on wildlife, the news is almost universally grim. Animals and plants are falling out of sync with each other. Ecosystems are fraying. Coral ...

Navigating monolithic icebergs, massive ocean waves and sub-zero snowstorms, CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator is a workhorse for Antarctic science. In just over 11 years and spread across seven ...

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.

Educational travel is one of the most powerful ways families can grow together and this is especially true in places like Antarctica. “When a child is standing three feet away from a penguin colony, ...