Hundreds of animals, from tiny ants to mighty hippos, are shaping the Earth's surface as powerfully as floods and storms.

These big babies can outweigh several of the most popular small car models. In fact, these titanic infants are the largest ...

Joshua Buttleman discovered a large pile of dead animals in the Manistee National Forest on Sunday. Among them, over a dozen ...

The cheetah is the fastest land animal, with a top speed of 60-70 mph. Its muscular build and sharp claws help it maintain traction ...

Greater monitoring of the risk of diseases spread by insects is needed in environments where animals and people coexist, say researchers after studying the effect of livestock on spiders in the ...

In fact, neither land plants nor terrestrial animals would exist them. “Fungi are absolutely remarkable chemists,” says McMaster University biochemistry professor Gerry Wright. Fungi produce ...

Freshwater animals in general are disappearing at a rate four to six times as fast as animals on land or at sea. In the United States nearly half the 573 animals on the threatened and endangered ...

Amphibians are animals that live both in water and on land. They start their lives in water, hatching from eggs, and then grow into adults that can breathe air. Most Amphibians have soft ...

Early ancestors of the ocean's biggest animals once walked on land. Follow their extraordinary journey from shore to sea. Although whales are expert swimmers and perfectly adapted to life underwater, ...

The Fast and the Furry—Cheetah Quiz, Part 2 Sure, it's the fastest animal on land. But there's a lot more to the cheetah than just raw speed. See how much you know about this spotted hunter.

The proposed animal sanctuary is on about 11.5 acres of donated land on Hartly Road. First State Animal Center and SPCA plans to provide a home for about 10 animals at a time, mostly older horses ...