Imagine you could live and breathe as comfortably underwater as you could on the land. Fascinating, isn’t it? While this may ...

The African bush elephant is one of the heaviest land animals with adult male weighing up to 11 tonnes, and adult females can ...

The savanna (sometimes mistakenly spelled as "Savannah," which is in the state of Georgia) describes an African region with ...

Polar bears are one of the most majestic, yet fearsome animals on the planet. The largest living species of bear and the ...

The cheetah is the fastest land animal, with a top speed of 60-70 mph. Its muscular build and sharp claws help it maintain traction ...

One of the most important milestones in the evolution of life began some 400 million years ago, when the first animals made their way from water onto land. At that time, known as the Devonian ...

In fact, neither land plants nor terrestrial animals would exist them. “Fungi are absolutely remarkable chemists,” says McMaster University biochemistry professor Gerry Wright. Fungi produce ...

Early ancestors of the ocean's biggest animals once walked on land. Follow their extraordinary journey from shore to sea. Although whales are expert swimmers and perfectly adapted to life underwater, ...

Previous studies focused on land animals including including mammals, birds and reptiles. Duke University ecologist Stuart Pimm, who was not involved in the study, called it "a long-awaited and hugely ...

But comprehensive analysis of the risk of extinction faced by species primarily living in freshwater has been lacking until now, with data on animals living mainly on land being used to guide ...

I write about the world of biology. Over 390 million years ago, the ancestors of modern land animals said, “Feet before fins,” and took their first steps on earth. Today, a research team at ...