A wave of dinosaur discoveries over the past decade has completely reshaped our understanding of these long-extinct animals.

Birds are one of the most successful groups of animals on the planet, and many are far more dangerous than they appear. In this episode, we explore how modern birds, descendants of ancient dinosaurs, ...

Debate continues to rage over whether a strange carcass found in 1937 was a new species or a basking shark. Either way, the case reveals how little is known about what lies beneath the waves ...

Film fans appreciate “The Lion in Winter,” but a select group of them in Southern California also have a thing for the Arthur ...

Prologue According to Homer, Chimera was a hybrid monster made up of a lion, the head of a fire-breathing goat sprouting on ...

The pronghorn is the fastest land mammal in the Americas. At top speed, they can hit 55 mph. But what are they running from?

A single fossilized foot bone, 75 million years old and barely 10 centimeters long, has upended one of paleontology’s most ...

The Akron Zoo's conservation efforts extend globally, from protecting Tahitian snails to saving native songbirds in Ohio.

Shera, a female African lion, died at 21 after a recent decline in mobility. She was one of the two oldest living lions at an ...

Decades after nearly going extinct, the world’s only existing population of Asiatic lions is overrunning a small reserve in ...

How a few unique traits helped modern-style birds—the last living dinosaurs—survive the asteroid apocalypse that took out T. rex and other mighty beasts If you're enjoying this article, consider ...