The beaches of South Georgia, a remote splinter of ice and rock in the South Atlantic, should be a place of deafening, ...

Friends of the Elephant Seal is even holding a contest to guess when the first bull will arrive for the breeding season.

From cancer-resistant mole rats to 200-year-old whales, evolution has equipped long-lived species with unique biological ...

Anyhoo, Manhattan city ordinance Chapter 6 says this: “It shall be unlawful for any person owning or having custody of any horses, mules, asses, cattle, swine, sheep, goats or other livestock to ...

The sudden decimation by bird flu of the world's largest seal has sent shockwaves through the scientific community, and the ...

Scientists have seen a significant drop in breeding female elephant seals following an avian influenza outbreak on the ...

Aging brings about a range of changes—often unwelcome—to our bodies: sagging skin, graying or thinning hair, and a decline in muscle strength and ...

We often applaud animals for learning tricks. But until recently, we rarely acknowledged that significant intelligence ...

Despite early conservation successes, by the 1990s the world's tiger population was under dire threat. In this beautifully ...

From whales and dolphins, to arctic shorebirds and elephants, all are affected by rising temperatures, extreme weather, and shifting ecosystems, which are disrupting migratory routes and reshaping ...

Lifelong virginity, observed in nature and humans, stems from diverse factors including biological competition, personal ...