The dwarf lantern shark is the smallest species of shark on the planet ... It gets its name from its signature pig-like nose. Colonies tend to include anywhere from 50 to 100 bats. Not much is known ...

Understanding animal husbandry was essential to early human development By some estimates, sheep were among the first ...

Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo, has become the internet’s latest craze. But what seems like unlikely celebrity has a simple ...

Discover the top 7 dog breeds adept at protecting against wild boars and securing your territory. Choose your ultimate ...

T HE MALAGASY baobab tree, whose thick trunks and tiny branches dot Madagascar’s landscape, should not, by rights, have ...

This plump, sparrow-sized bird is the most endangered bird in Iowa. Estimates are that there are only about 6,000 piping ...

A comprehensive review of dodo science offers new insights into the biology and behavior of the much-ridiculed bird.

According to the state government the only population of feral pigs in Tasmania live on Flinders Island where they’ve been ...

Marriage’s® has expanded its small animal range to cater for the individual nutritional needs of five additional species ...

As shelters grapple with an overabundance of small, furry animals, some are making it much cheaper to adopt this weekend.

Conservation efforts directed towards just 0.7% of the world's land mass could help protect one third of the world's threatened and unique tetrapod (four-limbed vertebrate) species.

Natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions elevate the extinction risk for mammals, ...