When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes.

Learn about the impact of logging, its benefits, drawbacks, and the ongoing debate on whether to log in state and federally-protected forests.

While other California native species may struggle when living alongside humans, UC Davis behavioural ecologist Sonja Wild ...

Celebrate International Sloth Day with 7 incredible facts about sloths (from camouflage fur to fart-powered floats) that ...

Prioritizing which animals and plants to help is driven mostly by whether we like them or not. Some experts say that may not ...

In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...

Hand fossils unearthed in Kenya reveal that an extinct human relative called Paranthropus boisei had unexpected dexterity and ...

A new exhibition at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Conn., gives visitors a whiff, from “chocolate-y” to stinky blue cheese.

IN a stunning botanical breakthrough, scientists have discovered a colossal tree species in Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains ...

Calgary’s raccoons are elusive creatures, typically found lying low in the woods rather than wreaking havoc on urban areas like their trash panda friends elsewhere in North America. Raccoon sightings ...

You might think honeybees are thriving – after all, the honey industry is growing and its bees are well looked after by ...