Chimpanzees bear genetic adaptations that help them thrive in their different forest and savannah habitats, some of which may protect against malaria, according to a study by an international team.

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Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...

In tallying up the casualties of war, there’s seldom a thought for the animal kingdom beyond our own two-legged species. It’s ...

That's the titanosaur, one of the largest land animals to ever exist, dwarfing nearly everything around it. Roaming the planet during the Late Cretaceous period — approximately 100 million years ago — ...

It is generally accepted that humans are animals, but what really sets us apart from other animals? In the past several ...

Penguins first evolved the ability to dive, like a puffin, and subsequently lost the ability to fly as they adapted to an aquatic ... easy to imagine them having all the same motivations as ...

Amphibians and reptiles are cold-blooded animals ... prevents water loss, adapted to arid or terrestrial habitats. Habitat Live part of their life in water and part on land, found in moist ...

An industry like agriculture, but instead of farming on land, species like fish, mussels, eels, and seaweed are grown and ...

The Arctic is home to pristine artifacts. A few archeologists are rushing to find them, and the critical clues they can offer ...

These changes will require animals ... adapted to occasional short droughts. However, populations can plummet after multi-year droughts, compounding existing threats, including a loss of nearly ...

Hawaiʻi has been called ground zero for the loss of biodiversity – or a healthy mix of species, genetic heritage, and ecosystems. Of the nearly 1,300 species protected under the U.S. Endangered ...