When danger looms, the tiny and spiky armadillo lizard curls its body into a ball and bites its own tail — on purpose!

Spiders are some of the world’s most misunderstood creatures. These arachnids, which have been around for around 400 million ...

Here are eight of the wild animals that kill the most humans each year, based on BBC Wildlife’s reporting. Hippos are responsible for more human deaths in Africa than lions. BBC Wildlife notes that ...

Deserts might look barren, but they're also alive with tough survivors who rule the sands like true bosses. These creatures have mastered the art of surviving where water is scarce, heat scorches ...

Harm toward animals should never be dismissed as harmless behavior. It is often one of the earliest signals that empathy is ...

Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Sergey Prokopyev successfully installed the first ICARUS experiment antenna on the outside hull of the International Space Station during a nearly eight-hour space walk in ...

Penguins in the coastal steppes of Argentina have a new enemy to worry about: the increasing numbers of pumas in Monte León ...

Home to 120 animals representing 110 species, the zoo is one of two such collegiate facilities in the country.

Think meerkats are just cute little desert fluffballs? Think again. These tiny troublemakers are basically the stand-up ...

These marine mammals have a bad reputation online, but the truth behind their behavior might surprise you. Male bottlenose dolphins (pictured, animals in French Polynesia's Rangiroa Channel) ...

Mountain lions are adapting to their defenseless, predictable prey, which return to Patagonia seasonally to nest and breed, ...