Often dismissed as pests, rats have long been misunderstood. But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception. With its intelligence and ...

In a darkened forest of central Colombia, a 2-foot-long mammal climbed a tree and paused to rest its “completely spiny” body.

Dungeness crab, Pacific herring, and red abalone are among the marine species most vulnerable to the changing climate's ...

A paper published on February 12 in the journal Ecology details how the researchers used motion-triggered cameras placed at ...