With a shape unlike any other and a lifestyle cloaked in nighttime secrecy, this elusive creature roams the dark with quiet ...

As spring awakens the natural world, unexpected creatures — from mice to a mysterious short-tailed shrew — find their way ...

Since 2023 more nutria have been taken from Fresno County than any county in California, according to CDFW data. In the ...

birds or other mammals. They also weaken irrigation canals and flood control levees by burrowing deep into their structures to create subterranean voids, exposing crops and potentially homes.

Mar. 18, 2025 — Although fungi of the genus Piloderma are common, scientists have now discovered five previously unknown species. One of these is one of the most widely distributed species in ...

Mar. 19, 2025 — To understand why kangaroos hop -- a rarity among animals -- researchers have studied the musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus), a diminutive marsupial that weighs only ...

Studying the physiology and ecology of whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals through methods ranging from molecular ecology to tracking the movements of individuals and populations using ...